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R. C. Galbraith, Jr., 13. O. 

Pastor of Third Presbyterian Church, 
CHILLICOTHE, O. 



THE 



HISTORY 

OF THE 

CHILLICOTHE PRESBYTERY 

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1799 TO 1889. 



PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 



THE ORDER OF PRESBYTERY, 



BY THE 



REIT, Rf CV GALERAITHj Jrv ; D. U. 



PUBLISHED BY 

H W, GUTHRIE. HUGH BELL and PETER FLATTER 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION APPOINTED BT THE PrESBYIEBT; 



CHILLICOTHE, OHIO: 
PCSOTQ ©AZKTTK BOOK ANP JOB OmOJ. 

1889, 



PREFACE. 



In Presbytery at South Salem, April 12—13, 1887, "R. C. Gal- 
braith, Jr., and ^. D. Crothers were appointed a committee to write up 
the History of Presbytery." And, as this had necessarily to be done, 
for the most part, by one person, Mr. Crothers must not be blamed 
for the faults, omissions, or other imperfections of this History, which 
1 have used all care to make accurate in its statement of facts; nor is 
any other person to be found fault with, or considered accountable, 
for the occasional expressions of opinion that I have taken the liberty 
to make. I wish also here to acknowledge my indebtedness to the 
Rev. Dr. Biggs for his valuable counsel and advice, and especially 
to the Rev. H. W. Guthrie, for reading and correcting the manuscript, 
verifying the numbers and for valuable assistance in proof reading, 
and to the other members of the committee of publication, Messrs. 
Hugh Bell and Peter Platter, with him, for the kindly interest that 
they have taken and the work that they have done in preparation for 
the publication of the History. If the work has any value, the thanks 
of the Presbytery are specially due to the following named persons, 
who have most kindly advanced twenty five dollars each, to secure its 
publication ; thanks which can be expressed, in no other way, so well 
as by taking an interest in, and working successfully in obtaining 
subscribers to the work, that so the committee may be able to speed- 
ily reimburse them for what they have advanced to expedite the 
Presbytery's work, and enable the committee to obey the Presbytery's 
order: — Peter Platter, Hugh Bell, Nathaniel Wilson, Theodore Spet- 
nagel, Adam Nebbergall, of the Pisgah Church; B. B. Frost, J. McL. 
Welsh, A. E. Culter, D. C. Anderson, of Frankfort; Richard Enderlin, 

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it MJEFACK. 

Judge John M. Vanuieter. M. 0. Hopewell. The Rev v Richard G. 
Lewis, and The Honorable D. M. Massie, all of Chillicothe with the 
exception of the two noted. 

I have given the facts about all the ministers and churches in so 
far as I was able, and have done the best that I could, to make the 
History reliable and readable, and I think that he, who has not had 
experience in such an undertaking, has but little idea of the labor re- 
quired . _ ... 

When we are dead and the Presbytery has another History writ- 
ten,, may he who writes it generously record our virtues and kindly 
criticise our iaults. 

R. C. Galbraith, Jr. 



THE HISTORY 

OF THE 

CHILLICOTHE PRESBYTERY. 



CHAPTER I.— Preliminary. 

The Presbytery of Washington was organized eleven years after 
the first actual settlers had come to Cincinnati, twenty six men hav- 
ing gone there m December, 1788, landing at the foot of the present 
Sycamore street on the 28th of the month. Soon after their arrival, 
the town site was surveyed and the street corners marked by blazing 
trees. 

One of the last acts of the old Continental Congress was to pass 
the ordinance of 1787, which contained a set of organic laws for the 
government of the North- West Territory. The ordinance provided 
that: "Bo soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, 
of full age" in the Territory, they should "reeieve authority, with 
time and place, to elect representatives to represent them in the Gen- 
eral Assembly." The first election of territorial legislators was held 
Monday, Dec. 3d., 1798. The General Assembly met at Cincinnati, 
Sep. 16, 1799. They selected Wm. Henry Harrison as delegate to 
the National Congress. The seat of Territorial government was 
changed from Cincinnati to Chillicothe, May 7, 1800. On the same 
day the North- West Territory was divided by act of Congress and 
Indiana territory was created. The ordinance provided that " when- 
ever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants 
therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Con- 
gress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original 
states, in all respects whatsoever; and shall be at liberty to form a 
permanent constitution and state government." But although the 
territory had not acquired sufficient population to take advantage of 
this provision, Congress passed an act enabling them to form a 
state. This act was passed April 30, 1802, and, pursuant to this ac- 
tion of Congress, an election was held on the second Tuesday of Oc- 
tober, 1802, for the election of delegates to a constitutional convention. 
The delegates chosen met at Chillicothe, Nov. 1st, 1802, and framed 



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a constitution, which they adopted and signed the 29th of the same 1 
month and forwarded immediately to Congress, which National Legis- 
ture sanctioned the work of the Chillicothe convention and recognized 
Ohio as a State, February 19, 1803. The State election for governor 
and members of the legislature was held in January, 1803, before the 
state had been admitted by Congress, and March 3, 1803, Edward 
Tiffin was inaugurated the first governor of the new state. Gen. Ar- 
thur St. Clair had been territorial governor, though after Jefferson 
had dismissed him from office, Charles Willing Byrd was acting gov- 
ernor. Four other states, formed from the North- West Territory, were 
admitted into the Union; Indiana, in 1816; Illinois, in 1818; Michigan, 
in 1837; and Wisconsin, in 1848. 

In 1800, Ohio had a population of 45.365, and Indiana 5,641; there 
were no white settlements in the Territory from which the other 
States were afterwards formed. The population had rapidly increas- 
ed, for in 1790, at the first census, there were but 4.280 white inhabi- 
tants, from the Ohio to the lakes, from Pennsylvania to the Missis- 
sippi. 

After Wayne's' treaty with the Indians at Greenville, in 1795, 
white settlers had a feeling of much greater security and immigrants 
came in great numbers. After 1800, the population increased even 
more rapidly. In May, of that year, through the efforts of Gen. Harri- 
son, a wise and beneficent act was passed which did in time more for 
the good of the country, than even his victories over the Indians. This 
was a bill better regulating the sale of the public lands. By the law 
of 1796, the smallest parcel of public land that a settler could purchase 
from the government, was one square mile, which could not be sold 
for less than two dollars an acre. These sections passed into the 
hands of speculators, who sold them in less quantities, and at an ad- 
vanced price, to settlers who were unable to pay so much as $1280 at 
once. This was justly thought to be a grievance, which was increased 
by the fact that this land could only be bought at the Treasury in 
Philadelphia, or at vendue at Pittsburgh or Cincinnati. So strong 
was the feeling, that the territorial delegate came to Congress with full 
determination to correct the evil, if he could. He succeeded, and 
henceforth land was to be sold at auction, in half sections of 320 acres 
each. If not sold, any settler might have any section that he chose, 
by entering it, at a land office and paying two dollars per acre and the 
cost of survey, one quarter of the price to be paid in forty days af- 
ter entry ; the remainder in four years. Four land. offices, each with 
a register and receiver were established. They were at Steubenville, 
Marietta, Cincinnati and Chillicothe. 



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At the time of the organization of the Presbytery, and for four 
years afterward, the Mississippi liiver was the Western boundary of 
the United States. It was not until 1803, that the vast empire 
was purchased from France; Montana, Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne- 
braska, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Louisiana with 
Wyoming and a great part of Colorado, all bought for eighty mill- 
ions of Francs, or, as it was calculated fifteen millions of dollars. How 
trilling the price was, when compared with the magnitude of the pur- 
chase, we can realize, somewhat, when we note that in the census of 
1880, the farms with the houses, fences, &c, upon them, in Clinton 
county, Iowa, were valued at over fifteen millions of dollars. The 
same in Koss County, Ohio, were also valued at a larger sum than the 
price paid to France for this great domain, then for the most part an 
unknown wilderness, now filled with a busy, happy, people, A mar- 
velous transforation has been effected, untold wealth accumulated 
and in so short a time, that Mr. Thomas Ghormley, an elder in the 
Third Church, Chillicothe, living, while this is written, was, like the 
Presbytery, four years old when this purchase was made. In the life 
time of this man, the population within the limits of the original 
Northwestern Territory has increased from 51,000 to at least 
12,000,000. 

In all respects, things at the beginning of the century, were 
vastly different from what they are now." There was but one turnpike 
road on the continent, which was between Philadelphia and Lancas- 
ter, a distance of 66 miles. The building of the road had been sharply 
opposed, but, at length it came to be the pride of the whole state and 
was considered a wonderful enterprise. 

Kentucky was much in advance of Ohio. In 1790, it had 73,677 
inhabitants, 12.430 of whom were slaves, but when the census of 1800 
was taken the number had increased to 220,965, of whom 40,343 were 
slaves. A great flood of imm migration had poured in, but everything 
was in most primitive condition; roads were, most of them, but traces, 
and the houses were generally log cabins. When a stranger moved, or 
rather came into a neighborhood to stay, the men built him a cabin. 
' k The trees felled, four corner men were elected to notch the logs, and 
while they were busy the others ran races, wrestled, played leap-frog, 
kicked the hat, fought, gouged, gambled, drank, did everything then 
considered an amusement. After the notching was.finished the rais- 
ing took but a few hours. Many a time the cabin was built, roofed, 
the door and window cut out, and the owner moved in before sundown. 
The chinks were stopped with chips and smeared, with mud. The 
chimney was of logs, coated with mud sis inches thick. The table 



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and the benches, the bedstead and the door were such as could be 
made with an axe. an auger and a saw. A rest for the rifle and some 
pegs for clothes completed the fittings." — (McMaster). 

In Morse's geography, published in 1805, the author, speaking of 
Kentucky, says: U A large portion of the people in this state are poor. 
The frontier inhabitants commonly build a log hut, clear two or three 
acres for corn, depend ou the woods to pasture one or two cows, and 
to fatten their swine; the gun furnishes the principal supply of meat. 
When the range, as he calls it, is eaten up by the cattle, and the game 
scarce, like the wild Arab, he loads his pack horse, takes his family, 
cows and swine, and seeks anew settlement. In the interior parts of 
the state, where the inhabitants have increased in wealth and taste, the 
buildings are generally of limestone or brick, and in some instances 
they are elegant. Among the settlers there are many gentlemen of 
abilities, and many genteel families, from several of the states, who 
give dignity and respectability to the settlement." The woods 
abounded with game and the streams were filledfwith fish. In 
their season wild fruits, grapes, pawpaws, persimmmons, &c, 
abounded, and, in the fall, nuts of excellent quality could be had 
in any quantity for the gathering. : Religion was not much thought 
of; many of the people, and of the best educated and most influ- 
ential, were infected with French infidelity, which they boldly 
avowed. Skepticism and infidelity vvere, among the more refined, 
almost the rule, and those professing to be religious, the exception, 
The country was spoken of by the preachers as the "stronghold of 
Satan." \ In 1786. the Presbytery of Transylvania, the seventh 
Presbytery in order of time in the U. S., had been formed with 
five ministers, set off from the Presbytery of Abingdon. Its first 
meeting was at Danville, Ky., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1786— David Rice 
Moderator. This was before the division of the original Synod, 
which in 1788 was divided into four Synods, and Transylvania 
was put in the Synod of Virginia. In 1789, the first General Assembly 
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America met, 
composed of delegates from the various Presbyteries of the four 
Synods—Adam Rankin represented the Presbytery of Transylvania. 
Ten years later, in the Summer of 1799, there began suddenly and 
unexpectedly, that which has since been known as the_great Ken- 
tucky revival, which, while it had many excesses connected with 
it, yet. as Dr. Moore says in his history of the Presbytery of 
Columbus, '"effectually checked the spread of skepticism and irre- 
ligion. It affected all the region whence the settlers of Southern 
and Central Ohio were drawn. It awakened a missionary zeal in 



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the churches of the East, and turned attention to the spiritual 
wants of the West." Springing up suddenly, progressing with 
great rapidity, curious and incomprehensible in many respects, and 
working results that were lasting, originating camp meetings, the 
New Light, or Bible Christian church, and also the Cumberland 
Presbyterian Church, and seriously affecting our own Presbytery, 
it is important that a short account of its origin and progress 
should be given. 

The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered at the 
church of Ked River, which was ministered to, in connection with 
the Gasper and Muddy river congregations, by the Rev. 
James McGready who had recently come from Orange county, 
North Carolina. This meeting was held from Friday until Mon- 
day morning, as was then the custom. Mr. Rankin, Mr. Hodge 
and William McGee, Presbyterian preachers, and John McGee, 
brother of William, a Methodist preacher, were present. \The Mc- 
Gees were on a mission to Ohio, and stopped in their journey to be 
present at the meeting. Wm. McGee, in the Assembly minutes of 
1796, is reported as a member of the Presbytery of Orange, in the 
Synod of the Carolinas. He had been converted under McGready 1 s 
preaching}) Dr. Bangs, in his history of the M. E. Church, says, that 
"in 1796, or '97, he moved to West Tennessee, and in 1798 settled in 
a congregation in Sumner county." He finally joined the Cumber- 
land Presbyterians and died in 1814. At this meeting nothing re- 
markable occurred until Monday, when Mr. Hodge was preaching, 
when a woman at the extreme end of the house, gave yent to her 
feelings in loud cries and shouts. When dismissed, t)ie congrega- 
tion showed no disposition to leave, but sat, many of them silently 
weeping, in every part of the house. "Wm. McGee soon felt such a 
power come over him that he, not seeming to know what he did, 
left his seat and sat down on the floor, while John sat trembling un- 
der a consciousness of the power of God." — (Bangs). John McGee 
felt an irresistible inclination to preach and the people were eager to 
hear him. He began, and again the woman shouted and would not 
be silent. Davidson thus describes the scene: "Too much agitated to 
preach, he expressed his belief that there was a greater than he 
preaching, and exhorted the people to let the Lord God Omnipotent 
reign in their hearts, and to submit to him, and their souls should 
live. Upon this, many broke silence and the renewed vociferations of 
the female before mentioned, were tremendous. The Methodist 
preacher, whose feelings were now wrought up to the highest pitch, 
after a brief debate in his own mind, came to tlie conclusion that it 

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was his duty to disregard the usual orderly habits of the denomina- 
tion, and passed along the aisle, shouting and exhorting vehemently 
The clamor and confusion were increased tenfold; the flame was 
blown to its height: screams for mercy were mingled with shouts of 
ecstacy, and a universal agitation pervaded the whole multitude, who 
were bowed before it as a field of grain waves before the wind.' 
McMaster in his History of People of the U. S., Vol. 2nd, page 578, says: 
"In a moment the floor, to use his own words, (McGee's,) "was cov- 
ered with the slain." Their cries for mercy were terrible to hear. 
Some found forgiveness, but many went away spiritually wounded 
and suffering unutterable agony of soul. Nothing could allay the 
excitement. Every settlement along the Green river and the Cum- 
berland was full of religious fervor. Men filled their wagons with 
beds and provisions, and traveled fifty miles to camp upon the 
ground and hear him pi each. The idea was new, hundreds adopted 
it, and camp meetings began. There was now no longer any excuse 
to stay away from preaching. Neither distance, nor lack of houses, 
nor scarcity of food, nor daily occupations prevailed. Crops were 
left half gathered; every kind of work was left undone; cabins were 
deserted; in large settlements there did not remain one soul. The first 
regular general camp meeting was held at the Gasper River Church, 
in July, 1800; but the rage spread, and a dozen encampments followed 
in. quick succession." Davidson says: "Camp meetings being once 
introduced, the plan spread like wildfire. One after another was 
held in rapid succession. The woods and paths seemed alive with 
people, and the number reported as attending is almost incredible. 
The laborer quitted his task; age snatched his crutch; youth forgot 
his pastime; the plough was left in the furrow; the deer enjoyed 
a respite upon the mountains; business of all kinds was suspended; 
dwelling houses were deserted; whole neighborhoods were emptied; 
bold hunters and sober matrons, young men, maidens, and little 
children, flocked to the common center of attraction; every difficulty 
was surmounted, every risk ventured, to be present at the camp- 
meeting." 

1 It would seem that some little jealousy arose between McGready, 
who was very busy in all this work, and McGee; at least on the 
part of McGready, for in a foot note, (p. 131,) Davidson says: "It is 
observable that while the Methodists give some prominence to this 
man (John McGee), in the work, and they are borne out by his own 
statement, Mr. McGready does not so much as mention his name" — 
These meetings became very remarkable not only from the numbers 
that attended them and for the remarkable interest that was mani- 



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fested in all the country, about religious affairs, but, also from the 
curious phenomena connected with them, which created in all the re- 
gion, an excitement that was probably never surpassed 

The meetings were always held in the forest near some church, 
which furnished a lodging place for the preachers. As the meetings 
progressed and the excitement grew more intense, and the crowd 
lushed from preacher to preacher, singing, shouting, laughing, call- 
ing upon men to repent, men and women fell upon the ground unablo 
to help themselves, and in such numbers that it was impossible for 
the multitude to move about, especially at night, when the excitement 
was greatest, without trampling them, and so those who fell were 
gathered up and carried to the meeting house, where the "spiritually 
slain" as they called them, were laid upon the floor. Some of them 
lay quiet, unable to move or speak; some could talk, but were unable 
to move; some, lying upon their backs, would beat the floor with their 
heels; some would shriek as though in greatest agony, and bound 
about "like a live fish out of water;" some would roll over and over 
for hours at a time. As time passed on and the meetings grew more 
frequent, even stranger forms of this intense nervous excitement ap- 
peared. One of these was' known as jerking. It is said that at camp 
meetings in the far South, "saplings were cut off breast-high, and left 
for the people to jerk by." "One who visited such a camp ground 
declares, that about the roots of from fifty to one hundred saplings, 
the earth was kicked up as by a horse stamping flies." "The commu- 
nity seemed demented. From the nerves and muscles the disorder 
passed to the mind. Men dreamed dreams and saw visions— nay, 
fancied themselves dogs, went clown on all fours, aud barked till they 
grew hoarse. It was no uncommon sight to behold numbers of 
them gathered about a tree, barking, yelping, "treeing the devil." 

The Rev. James B. Finley of the M. E. Church, in his autobiog- 
raphy, speaking of this revival, says: "It was attended with such pe- 
culiar circumstances as to produce great alarm all over the country. 
It was reported that hundreds who attended the meetings were sud- 
denly struck down, and would lie for hours, and sometimes for days, 
in a state of insensibility; and that when they recovered and came out 
of that state, "they would commence praising God for His pardoning 
mercy and redeeming love. This exercise was accompanied with 
that strange and unaccountable phenomenon, denominated "tho 
jerks," in which hundreds of men and women would commence jerk- 
ing, backward and forward, with great rapidity and violence, so much 
so that their bodies would Lend so as to bring their heads near to the 
floor, and the hair of tho women would crack like the lash of a driv- 



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er's whip. This was not confined to any particular class of individ- 
uals, but saint, seeker, and sinner were alike subject to these wonder- 
ful phenomena. The excitement created by these reports, was of the 
most intense and astonishing character. Some thought that the 
world was coming to an end; others, that some dreadful calamity was 
coming upon the country, as a judgment of God on' the nation; others 
still, that it was the work of the devil, who had been unchained for a 
season, and assuming the garments of an Angel of Light, was permit- 
ted to deceive the ministers of religion, and the veiy elect themselves. 
Many of the preachers spent whole Sabbaths in laboring to show that 
it was the work of the devil, and nothing but the wildest fanaticism, 
produced through the ineaus of an overheated and distempered imagi- 
nation. They also urged their congregations not to go near these 
places, as they would be sympathetically affected, and would in all 
probability, be led to indulge in the same wild and irrational vaga- 
ries. Their instructions and exhortations, however were lost, and it 
seemed that the exposition only increased the desire of thousands to 
go and see for themselves." 

Mr. Finley who was then liviug in Highland County, Ohio, and 
who says of himself: "Occasionally, I would take a spree: would 
swear, when angry; and tight when insulted," determined to go to 
Cane Ridge, Ky., a meeting house which stood on a well-shaded, well 
watered spot, seven miles from the town of Paris, where he had 
learned that there was to be a great meeting. In telling what he 
saw and experienced there he says: "We arrived upon the ground, 
and here a scene presented itself; to my mind not only novel and un- 
accountable, but awful beyond description. A vast crowd, supposed 
by some to have amounted to twenty- live thousand, was collected to- 
gether. The noise was like the roar of Niagara. The vast sea of hu- 
man beings seemed to be agitated as if by a storm, I counted seven 
ministers, all preaching at one time, some on stumps, others in wag- 
ons, and one was standing on a tree which had, in falling, lodged 
against another. Some of the people were singing, others praying, 
some crying for mercy in the most piteous accents, while others were 
shouting most vociferously. While witnessing these scenes, a pecul- 
ilarly strange sensation, such as I had never felt before, came over 
me. My heart beat tumultuously, my knees trembled, my lip quiver- 
ed, and I felt as though I must fall to one ground. I became so 
weak and powerless that I found it necessary to sit down." He left 
soon after and went to the woods, striving to rally his courage. When 
he returned, the waves of excitement had risen still higher, and he 
says: "The same awf illness of feeling came over me. I stepped up on 



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to a log, where I could have a better view of the surging sea of hu- 
manity. The scene that then presented itself, to nay mind was inde- 
scribable. At one time I saw at least rive hundred swept down in a 
moment, as if a battery of a thousand guns had been opened upon 
them; and then immediately followed shrieks and shouts that rent 
the very heavens. My hair rose up on my head, my whole frame 
trembled, the blood ran cold in my veins, and I tied for the woods a 
second time, and wished I had staid at home. There being a tavern 
about half a mile off, I concluded to go and get some brandy, and see 
if it would not strengthen my nerves. When I arrived there, I was 
disgusted with the sisrht that met my eyes. Here I saw about one 
hundred men engaged in drunken revelry, playing cards, trading 
horses, quarreling and righting." After some time he crowded up to 
the bar, and got his dram, but the brandy had no effect in allaying 
his feelings, but, if anything, made them worse. That night he went 
to a barn in the neighborhood, crept under the hay, spent a most dis- 
mal night, and in the morning, feeling that he was a ruined man, he 
got his horse and started for home, fleeing from the awfulness of the 
place. Before he arrived at his home, however, he felt that he had 
been converted, and in a few years he was a traveling preacher in the 
Methodist connection. 

People, everywhere, in all the country round about, thought and 
talked of scarcely anything else than the great revival. Hun- 
dreds of stories were current of great conversions, and of sudden 
punishments by special acts of God. Nothing seemed too wonderful 
for the people's credulity. "One disbeliever, it was reported, while 
cursing and swearing, had been crushed by a tree falling on him, at 
the Cane Ridge meeting. Another was said to have mounted his 
horse to ride away when the jerks seized him, pulled his feet from the 
stirrups, and flung him on the ground, "whence he rose a Christian 
man"— as is gravely added. 

Mr. McGrready told of a young man the son of an elder who was 
a tanner, to keep from going with the family to campmeeting one 
Sabbath morning, he pretended to be sick. He was left in bed, tri- 
umphing in the success of his stratagem, but afraid to rise too soon, lest 
some of the family, accidentally detained, might detect him. Ashe 
lay quiet, with his head covered, he began thinking of the meeting, of 
the assembled multitude, — the preaching, the singing, the shouts, the 
falling and the jerking, when suddenly he was dragged out of bed 
and dashed against the wall. At length he thought that if he prayed 
it might quiet him. He tried it and was relieved, went to bed again 
and was again jerked out; prayed and was again relieved. 



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He then dressed himself, and to occupy his mind went to a vat, 
drew out a hide and rolled up his sleeves, and began to unhair it; 
but no sooner had he begun than the knife new out of his hand, and 
he found himself jerked backwards and forwards, drawn . over logs 
and hurled against trees and fences. He prayed again and then 
ventured to resume his work, only to be jerked about as before. 
Greatly alarmed, as soon as he was able, he went to his room and 
began to pray in serious earnest, and when the family returned, they 
found him weeping and crying to Grod for mercy. McGready adds 
that he became truly converted, and shortly after joined the church. 

These jerks, came upon persons who had once been affected with 
them, wherever they might bo, when anything serious was spoken of. 
"Dr. Cleland," Davidson, in his history, says, '"told of an experiment 
that he tried. He was riding in company with the wife of an elder of 
the church to which he preached, who had been affected with the 
jerks, but was then perfectly free from them. The conversation was 
of an ordinary character and he joked and laughed so as to completely 
turn her mind from any serious reflection, and then all at once turned 
the conversation to topics of a devout and serious character, and in 
less than two minutes, her body began to be violently agitated, pitch- 
ing upward and forward from the saddle, half way to the horse's 
neck, six or eight times in a minute." 

After much of the excitement of the great revival had gone down, 
after 1803, the falling and jerking gave way to a curious kind of hys- 
terics, and even the most earnest and devoted christians, when the 
preaching and exhorting were such as caused much feeling, would 
suddenly burst into loud laughter; others, unable to resist, would fol- 
low and soon the whole assembly would join in, and the curious spec- 
tacle would be presented of a whole congregation, moved, by the pre- 
sentation of most solemn and momentous truths, to convulsions of 
laughter. This was called the "holy laugh," and in many places be- 
eame a recognized part of public worship. 

The most astounding thing is stated in Dr. Campbell's "Pelagian- 
ism detected," where he speaks of a man, "who had run through the 
streets of Danville in a state of nudity, crying, "Wo! wo! to the in- 
habitants of this town." 

In the meetings there was great disorder. At Walnut Hill, at a 
sacrament, in June, 1803, by which time the current of enthusiasm 
had set in so strongly as to defy restraint, some talked, some prayed, 
others exhorted, "till the roof raDg with deafening and reiterated 
peals of indistinct sound." There were three preachers present but 
neither of them could secure a hearing. The late hours that were 



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kept increased the excitement. Services often continued until two, 
and even four o'clock in the morning, and it was not uncommon to 
keep up these religious orgies all night. To make up for the loss of 
sleep, men, in daytime, would deliberately spread out their overcoats 
on the floor, or ground, and take a nap during sermon. There seemed 
to be no regular hours for anything. Cooking, sleeping, eating, all 
were going cn at the same time with religious service. All kinds of 
people gathered together; all the disorderly and dissipated held time 
of bigh carousal at, or as near, the camp grounds, as they could. 
Huxters, selling liquor, abounded, and as Mr, Lyle, a minister who 
wrote concerning it, says : "The devil seemed to be doing all he could 
to discredit the work." 

In 1807, Ei chard McNe mar, a minister of our Presbytery at its 
organization, published a book on "The Kentucky Eevival," which, 
although re-published in 1846, is not now for sale. I have been fa- 
vored with a reading of it, by Mr. Claries Clapp, of the Union Village, 
near Lebanon, Ohio, and, although anticipating somewhat some of the 
history of the Presbytery, as it is curious and interesting, not only 
from what it states concerning the revival, but also as showing how 
men, under the influence of excitement . are carried on, I will make 
liberal extracts from it. 

After speaking of the beginning of the reviyal in Logan and 
Christian counties, Ky., he says: "And in the Spring of 1801, the same 
extraordinary work broke out in Mason county, upper part of Ken- 
tucky, of which I was an eyewitness, and can, therefore, with greater 
confidence, testify what I have heard, seen and felt." Mason county 
was then in the bounds of our Presbytery. He proceeds then to re- 
late, that at a sacrament, near Flemingsburgh, in April, the last Sab- 
bath in the month,, there was much weeping, trembling, and convul- 
sion of soul," and gives the case of two little girls, perhaps nine or 
ten years old, who, in the time of meeting, cried out with great dis- 
tress and prayed and cried for mercy, until "one of them received a 
comfortable hope," and then turned to exhorting the other, and con- 
tinued until there was 'inner a sudden and sensible change." "The 
Sabbath following, about twenty persons were struck, in the congre- 
gation of Cabin Creek, Mason county. Among the first who cried out 
in distress was a girl about twelve years old. Their convictions of 
of their lost state were quick as the lightnin'g flash, and came with 
such weight, that had they not, in some way or other, opened their 
case, they must have sunk into the horrors of despair. It was dire 
necessity which at first obliged them to expose themselves to public 
view, as objects of pity; for everything of the kind was looked upon 



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by the generality, even of professors, as wild enthusiasm, or the fruits 
of a disordered brain." This strange movement, he says, "first began 
in individuals, who had been under deep convictions of sin, and great 
trouble about their souls, and had fasted and prayed, and diligently 
searched the Scriptures; and had undergone distresses of mind in- 
expressibly sore, until they had obtained a comfortable hope of 
salvation." These persons then exhorted others and "under such 
exhortations the people began to be affected in a very strange 
manner. At first they were taken with an inward throbbing of 
the heart, then with weeping and trembling; from that to crying 
out in apparent agony of soul; falling down and swooning away, 
till every appearance of animal life was suspended, and the person 
appeared to be in a trance." 

A meeting was appointed a few evenings after the one in which 
twenty had been struck in Cabin creek, at which the whole night 
was spent in singing, prayers and exhortation, and one man was 
struck down and lay for about an hour, apparently lifeless. "The 
news of these strange operations flew abroad, and attracted many to 
come and see, who were convinced, not only from seeing and hearing, 
but feeling, and carried home the testimony that it was the living 
work of God. This stirred up others and brought out still greater 
multitudes. And these strange exercises, still increasing, and having 
no respect to any stated hours of worship, it was found expedient to 
camp on the ground, and continue the meeting day and night. To 
these encampments the people flocked, in hundreds and thousands; 
on foot, on horseback, and in wagons and other carriages. At first, 
these meetings exhibited nothing to the spectator, but a scene of con- 
fusion, that could scarce be put into human language. They were 
generally opened with a sermon, near the close of which there would 
be an unusual outcry, some bursting forth into loud ejaculations of 
prayer, or thanksgiving, for the truth; others breaking out in emphat- 
ical sentences of exhortation; others flying to their careless friends 
with tears of compassion, beseeching them to turn to the Lord; some 
struck with terror, and hastening through the crowd to make their 
escape, or pulling away their relations; others trembling, weeping, 
crying out for the Lord Jesus to have mercy upon them, fainting and 
swooning away, till every appearance of life was gone and the 
extremities of the body assumed the coldness of a dead corpse; others 
surrounding them with melodious songs, or fervent prayers for their 
happy resurrection in the love of Christ; others collecting into circles 
around this variegated scene, contending with arguments for and 
against. And under such appearances the work would continue for 



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several days and nights together." "The first of these meetings was 
held at Cabin Creek. It began on the 22d of May, 1801, and contin- 
ued four days and three nights. The scene wa3 awful beyond de- 
ssription; the falling, crying our-, praying, exhorting, singing, shout- 
ing, &c, exhibited such new and striking evidences of a supernatural 
power, that few, if any, could escape without being affected. Such 
as tried to run from it, were frequently struck on the way, or impelled 
by some alarming signal to return." "No circumstance, at this meet- 
ing, appeared niore striking, than the great numbers that fell on the 
third night; and to prevent their being trodden under foot by the 
multitude, they were collected together, and laid out in order, on two 
squares of the meeting house; and like so many dead corpses covered 
considerable part of the floor. There were persons present at this 
meeting from Caneridge, Concord, Eagle Creek, and other neighbor- 
ing congregations, who partook of the spirit of the work, which was a 
particular means of its spreading." "The next general campmeet- 
ing was held at Concord, in the county of Bourbon, about the last 
of May, or beginning of June. The number of people was supposed 
to be about four thousand, who attended on this occasion. There 
were present seven Presbyterian ministers, four of whom were op- 
posed to the work, and spoke against it until the fourth day about 
noon," when they all professed to be convinced "that it was the 
work of God." "On this occasion, no sex or color, class or descrip- 
tion, were exempted from the pervading influence of the spirit; even 
from the age of eight months to sixty years, there were evident sub- 
jects of this marvelous operation. The meeting continued five days 
and four nights; and after the people generally scattered from the 
ground, numbers convened in different places and continued the ex- 
ercises much longer and, even where they were not collected to- 
gether, these wonderful operations continued among every class 
of people, and in every situation: in their houses and fields, and 
in their daily employments, falling down and crying out, under con- 
viction, or singing and shouting with unspeakable joy, were so com- 
mon that the whole country round about, seemed to be leavened with 
the spirit of the work. 

Davidson says, in speaking of this part of McNernar's book, "This 
statement is undoubtedly to be taken with some qualifications, as at 
no time could seven of the Presbyterian clergy be found in the 
Northern counties, who were cordial advocates of all the extrava- 
gances of the time. We must be pardoned if we hesitate to vouch for 
the credibility of a writer, who is so much under the influence of an 
enthusiastic imagination, as to pen, after the above statistics, the fol* 



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lowing miraculous story. 'On this occasion, no sex or color, class or 
description, were exempted from the pervading influence of the spir- 
it; even from the age of eight months to sixty years, there were evi- 
dent subjects of this marvelous operation.' " 

The next meeting was at Eagle Creek, Adams county, Ohio. 
It began June 5th, and continued four days and three nights. 
The number of people there, was not so great, as the country 
was new; but the work was equally powerful, according to the 
number." "The next general meeting was at Pleasant Point, Ky., 
which equaled, if not surpassed, any that had been before." 
"The general meeting at Indian Creek, Harrison county, began 
twenty-fourth of July and continued about five days and nights.". 

"Th.8 third day, about two o'clock, in the afternoon, a boy, 
from appearance about twelve years old, retired from the stand 
in time of preaching, under a very extraordinary impression, and 
having mounted a log, at some distance, raising his voice, in a 
very affecting manner, he attracted the main body of the people, 
in a few minutes. With tears streaming from his eyes, he cried 
aloud to the wicked, warning them of their danger, denouncing 
their certain doom, if they persisted in their sins; expressing his 
love to their souls, and a desire that they would turn to the 
Lord, and be saved. He was held up by two men, and spoke 
for about an hour, with that convinciag eloquence that could 
be inspired only from above. When his strength seemed quite 
exhausted, and language failed to describe the feeling's of his 
soul, he raised his hand, and dropping his handkerchief, wet 
with sweat from his little face, cried out: 'Thus, O Sinner! shall 
you drop into hell, unless you forsake your sins and turn to 
the Lord.' At that moment some fell, like those who are shot 
in battle, and the work spread in a manner which language 
cannot describe." 

"The next general meeting was at Caneridge, Bourbon county, 
It began the sixth day of August, and continued day and night, 
about a week. The number of people collected on the ground 
at once, was supposed to be about twenty thousand; but it was 
thought a much greater number were there in the course of the 
meeting." 

"This immense group included almost every character that 
could be named; but amidst them all, the subjects of this new 
and strange operation were distinguished by their flaming zeal 
for the destruction of sin, and the deliverance of souls from its 
power. The various operations and exercises on that occasion 



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were indescribable. The falling exercise was the most noted." 
"James Crawford," — who afterward went off with the Cumberland 
Presbytery — "one of the oldest ministers in the State, and one 
of the foremost in the work, informed me that he kept as ac- 
curate an account as he could, of the number that fell on the 
occasion, and computed it to be about three thousand." 

Davidson say3 of this: "Caneridge was a beautiful spot, in 
the vicinity of a country church of the same name, then under 
the pastoral care of Mr. Stone, in the county of Bourbon, about 
seven miles from Paris; it was finely shaded and watered, and 
admirably adapted to the purpose of an encampment. A great 
central area was cleared and leveled, 200 or 300 yards in length, 
with the preacher's stand at one end, and a spacious tent, capa- 
ble of containing a large assembly, and designed as a shelter 
from heat or rain. The adjoining ground wa3 laid off in regu- 
lar streets, along which the tents were pitched while the church 
building was appropriated for the preacher's lodge. The concourse 
in attendance was prodigious, being computed by a revolution- 
ary officer, who was accustomed to estimate encampments, to amount 
to no less than 20,000 souls." "Here were collected all the elements 
calculated to affect the imagination. The spectacle presented at 
night was one of the wildest grandeur. The glare of the blaz- 
ing camp-fires falling on a dense assemblage of heads simultane- 
ously bowed in adoration, and reflected back from long ranges 
of tents upon every side; hundreds of candles and lamps suspend- 
ed among the trees, together with numerous torches flashing 
to and fro, throwing an uncertain light upon the tremulous 
foliage, and giving an appearance of dim and indefinite extent 
to the depth of the forest; the solemn chanting of hymns swell- 
ing and falling on the night wind; the impassioned exhortations; 
the earnest prayers; the sobs, shrieks, or shouts, bursting from 
persons under intense agitation of mind; the sudden spasms 
which seized upon scores, and unexpectedly dashed them to the 
ground — all conspired to invest the scene with terrific interest, 
and to work up the feelings to the highest pitch of excitement. 
When we add to this, the lateness of the hour to which the 
exercises were protracted, sometimes till two in the morning, or 
longer; the eagerness of curiosity stimulated for so long a time 
previous; the reverent enthusiasm which ascribed the strange 
contortions witnessed, to the mysterious agency of God; the fer- 
vent and sanguine temperament of some of the preachers; and 
lastly, the boiling zeal of the Methodists, who could not refrain 



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THE HISTORY OF THE 



from shouting aloud during sermon, and shaking hand3 all round 
after wards, in what Mr. Lyle calls a "singing ecstacy," and who 
did everything in their power to heap fuel on the fire; take all 
this into consideration, and it will abate our surprise very much, 
when informed that the number of persons who fell, was com- 
puted by the Rev. James Crawford, who endeavored to keep an 
accurate account, at the astonishing number of about three thous- 
and." 

A few weeks after this, which was the largest of the meet- 
ings, the same work broke out in North Carolina, by the in- 
strumentality "of some who went from Caneridge to bear the 
testimony," and camp meetings were held in a great number of 
places. 

The subjects and promoters of this revival were those who went 
into and formed that which was afterward called the New Light be- 
cause the church claimed "That the will of God was made manifest to 
each individual, who honesily sought after it, by an inward 
light which shone into the heart." The Presbyterians among them 
at first formed themselves into a Presbytery in 1803, calling it 
the Presbytery of Springfield, for John Thompson, pastor of 
the Church of Springfield, (now Springdale in the Presbytery of 
Cincinnati, a church organized in 1792,) was one of those who 
went off, and that church had the honor of giving a name to 
the seceders. 

This arrangement was, however of short duration, for June 
23, 1804, they adopted what they called the "Last Will and 
Testament of the Presbytery of Springfield," which paper had 
the following preamble: "The Presbytery of Springfield, sitting 
at Canerldge, in the county of Bourbon, being through a gra- 
cious Providence in more than ordinary health, growing in 
strength and size daily; and in perfect soundness and composure 
of mind; but knowing that it is appointed for all delegated 
bodies once to die; and considering that the life of every such 
body is very uncertain, do make, and ordain this, our Last Will 
and Testament, in manner and form following, viz: Imprimis, 
we will, that this body die, be dissolved, and sink into the union 
with the body of Christ at large; for there is but one body and 
one spirit, even as we are called in one hope of our calling." 
Then follow eleven items, in which they bring out some of 
their pesuliarilies and the whole is signed— "Springfield Presby- 
tery," with the names of the preachers signed as witnesses — Rob- 



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ert Marshall, John Dunlevy, Richard McNemar, B. W. Stone, 
John Thompson, and David Purviance. 

The trances and other strange operations continued among 
the New Lights, and seem sometimes to have been of long dur- 
ation, for Mr. McNemar, arguing for their supernatural origin, 
says: "Could anyone with the rationality of a man, suppose that 
anything short of the power of God could suspend the functions 
of animal lire for an hour, a day, or a week, and again restore 
them with additional brightness? Is nature wont to assume such 
apparent changes, and for tens or fifties moved at the same time, 
by the same instinct, to forget the use of every limb, and pros- 
trate fall, no matter where, and yawn and gasp and expire in a 
cold sweat? This belongs not to nature; and as little does it be- 
long to nature to exempt her sons from wounds and bruises, bro- 
ken limbs and aching heads, in case of such repeated and danger- 
ous falls, as were common among the New Lights; least of all, 
could nature's power extend to their ressurrection after an hour, 
a week, or nine days trance. Who wants a miracle to arouse his 
faith, and fix it on the sasred truths recorded in the Scriptures; 
let him recognize the camp meeting; let him find the man, or 
woman, whose immortal part, for hours and days, traversed the 
regions of eternity, while the breathless body lay, as a spectacle of 
terror to surrounding friends." Mr. McNemar says that: "For nearly 
three years, the subjects and promoters of the revival continued 
their outward cnurch membership with those, whose constant labor 
it was, to oppose and suppress it; this was a painful situation to 
both parties, for the New Light to be chained down in silence, 
forbidden to pray; exhort, or make any noise, or uproar, in time 
of meeting, however clearly he saw the dangers of the wicked, or 
felt his soul overflowing with the love and goodness of God. And 
no less painful did it feel to the expounder, and those who con- 
tented themselves with his learned and ingenious labors, to be 
interrupted by a sudden shout, and put to silence by the din which 
commonly followed; and worst of all, to hear that system, by 
which he had all his wealth in this world, and the hope of an 
interest in a better, set at naught by the general proclamation, 
^Whosoever will, let him come and take of the Water of Life freely,' 
from which quotation, it will be seen that, like all who oppose 
the reformed system, he misrepresented it. On April 20th, 1804, 
the Turtle Creek Church, which was near Lebanon, Ohio, and 
which we will see in the body of this history, was in our Presby- 
tery and to which McNemar who had been supplying it, had 



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accepted a call, while he was a member of our Presbytery, re- 
organized as a New Light Church, adopting four propositions that 
were presented in writing, signed by Win. Bedel, Malcham Worley, 
Matthias Spring, Aaron Tullis, Samuel Sering, Francis Bedel, and 
Richard McNemar; some of these, and probably all of them, had 
been elders in the church. 

At the close of public worship, the ''following propositions 
were stated to the members in particular, viz: 'Do we adopt the 
Holy Scriptures as the only rule of faith and practice; the only 
standard of doctrine and discipline? Do we agree to constitute a 
church in that capacity to transact business? The questions being put, 
were answered in the affirmative with uplifted hands, without a dis- 
senting voice. The number was about seventy-four, who voted as 
above and remained in the house after the congregation was dis- 
missed, and took their seats as members of the church. 

There was however, at once a difference manifested and a de- 
parture from the New Lights, and a new name for those departing, 
which in McNemar's book is explained thus: "The New Lights had 
considered it presumption to perform any of these bodily exercises, 
voluntarily, into which they were forced by a supernatural power; 
but this kind of faith appeared childish to the Schismatics. They 
supposed that whatever God moved the creature to, by his irresist- 
ible power, must be acceptable to Him, and therefore it was their 
privilege to do, voluntarily, what was acceptable to God, rather than 
to be once and a while dragged into it, and the rest of their time 
offer up such voluntary worship as was 'full of unbelief and sin,' and 
a stench in the nostrils of Jehovah." "So that the principal thing 
that distinguished the Schismatic worship from that of the New 
Lights, wa3 their taking the privilege of exhibiting, by a bold 
faith, what others were moved to by a blind impulse. This they 
considered a great improvement, growth and advancement, in the 
spirit of the revival; and upon this principle, the voluntary exer- 
cise of dancing was introduced as the worship of God, by brother 
Thompson and some others, who were forward in promoting the 
grand Schism. Although thi3 singular worship was practiced vol- 
untarily with a degree of formality, yet it was not introduced in 
a formal way, but by following up and improving these operations, 
which at first irresistibly forced them into that exercise. At the spring 
Sacrament, at Turtle Creek, in 1804, brother Thompson, who, 
suppose, had come over from Springdale, to assist, had been con- 
strained, just at the close of the meeting, to go to dancing, and 
for an hour or more, to dance in a regular manner round the 



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stand, all the while repeating in a low tone of voice: ''This is the 
Holy Ghost; Glory!" "But it was not until the ensuing Fall, or 
beginning of the winter, that the Schismatics began to encourage 
one another to praise God in the dance, and unite in that exercise, 
justly believing that it was their privilege to rejoice before the 
Lord, and go forth in the dances of them that make merry." 
"Among their voluntary acts of worship was the general confess- 
ion that they were sinners, rebuking, reproving and laboring to 
reclaim their fellows, who were more notoriously wicked than the 
rest. Some praying to God to Sanctify their corrupt natures, &c; 
and others praying against their prayers. This kind of praying 
match was a very common Schismatic exercise. They considered 
it contrary to their federal constitution, for one to attack another 
openly by any supposed authority, and, therefore they had recourse 
to the spirit; and by the brightest, boldest, loudest gift of prayer, 
the cause was commonly decided. In this way they generally set- 
tled their controversies of every kind. 

One would begin to preach or exhort, and if his doctrine was 
judged unsound or uninteresting he would be presently matched 
with a prayer, and whichever collected the greatest warmth, and 
manifested the most lively sensations of soul, gained the victory, 
and interested the general shout on that side." 

It seems however that the Schismatics did not have every- 
thing as they wished, for, he continues: "Notwithstanding the Schis- 
matics aimed at that worship which should be expressive of uni- 
form and continued joy, yet they were far from attaining it, and 
at least the one half of their exercises were of a contrary nature;, 
some of a voluntary and others of an involuntary nature." There 
was moreover, in the Schismatic worship, a species of exercises 
of an involuntary kind, which seemed to have been substituted, 
by the Great Spirit, in the room of the falling, &c, which had 
been among the New Lights. 

" The principal of these were the rolling exercises, the jerks 
and the barks. 1st. The rolling exercise, which consisted in being 
cast down in a violent manner, doubled with the head and feet 
together, and rolled over and over like a wheel, or stretched in 
a prostrate manner, turned swiftly over and over like a log. 
This was considered very debasing and mortifying, especially if 
the person was taken in thi3 manner through the mud, and sul- 
lied therewith from head to foot. 2nd. Still more demeaning 
and mortifying were the jerks. Nothing in nature could better 
represent this strange and unaccountable operation, than for on© 



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THE HISTORY OF THE 



to goad another, alternately on every side, with a piece of red 
hot iron. 

The exercise commonly began in the head which would fl^ 
backward and forward, and from side to side, with a quick jolt, 
which the person would naturally labor to suppress, but in vain; 
and the more anyone labored to stay himself, and be sober, the 
more he staggered and the more rapidly his twitches increased. 

He must necessarily go as he was stimulated, whether with 
a violent dash on the ground and bounce from place to place 
like a foot-ball, or hop round, with head, limbs and trunk, twitch- 
ing and jolting in every direction, as if they must inevitably fly 
asunder. How such could escape without injury, was no small 
wonder to spectators. By this strange operation the human 
frame was commonly so transformed and disfigured, as to lose 
every trace of its natural appearance. Sometimes the head would 
be twitched right "end left, to a half round, with such velocity, 
that not a feature could be discovered, but the face would ap- 
pear as much behind a3 before; and in the quick, progressive 
jerk, it would seem as if the person was transmuted into some 
other species of creature. 

Head dresses were of little account among the female jerkers. 
Even handkerchiefs bound tight round the head, would be flirted 
off almost with the first twitch, and the hair put into the utmost 
confusion. This was a very great inconvenience; the generality 
were shorn, though directly contrary to their confession of faith. 
Such as were seized with the jerks, were wrested at once, not only 
from under their own government, but that of every one else, so 
that it was dangerous to attempt confining them, or touching them 
in any manner, to whatever danger they were exposed; yet few 
were hurt, except it were such as rebelled against the operation, 
through wilful and deliberate enmity and refused to comply with 
the injunctions which it came to enforce. 3d. The last possible 
grade of mortification seemed to be couched in the bjirks, which 
frequently accompanied the jerks." "Persons who considered them- 
selves in the foremost rank would be forced to personate that 
animal, whose name appropriated to a human creature is count- 
ed the most vulgar stigma" — men and women were forced to 
take the position of a "canine beast, move about on all fours, 
growl, snap the teeth, and bark in so personating a manner, 
as to set the eyes and eai*3 of the spectator at variance. 
It was commonly acknowledged by the subjects of these exercis- 
es, that they were laid upon them as a chastisement for diso- 



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bedience, or a stimulus to incite them to some duty or exercise 
to which they felt opposed. Hence it wa3 very perceivable that 
the quickest method to find releasement, from the jerks and barks, 
was to engage in the voluntary dance." About the latter end of 
the year 1804, there were regular societies of these people, in the 
state of Ohio, at Turtle Creek, Eagle Creek, Springfield — (Spring- 
dale,) Orangedale, Salem, Beaver Creek, Clear Creek, &o.,' and in 
Kentucky at Cabin Creek, Flemingsburgh, Concord, Oaneridge, In- 
dian Creek, Bethel, Paint Lick, Shawny Eun, &c, besides, as McNe- 
mar says, an innumerable multitude dispersed among the people, in 
Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and in the Western parts of 
Pennsylvania, who were exercised with the same spirit— -praying, 
shouting, jerking, barking, or rolling, dreaming, prophesying, and 
looking, as through a glass, at the infinite glories of Mount Zion, 
just about to break open upon the world." 

In 1805, while the people were in this confused, excited state, 
expecting they knew not what, three men, John Meacham, Benjamin 
S. Youngs and Issachar Bates, on the first day of the year, started 
from the church at New Lebanon, town of Canaan, in the state of 
New York, on foot, and arriving in Keatucky, about the first of 
March, stopped a few days at Paint Lick, where they were kindly en- 
tertained; thence they journeyed to Caneridge, and spent a few days 
among the subjects of the revival in that place, courteously enter- 
tained by the Rev. Barton W. Stone; thence they came to Ohio, 
going first to Springdale, but not doing much there, they went to 
Turtle creek where they arrived the 22d of March. They came first 
to the house of Malcham Worley, who had been licensed to preach by 
the Presbytery of Springfield, during its short life; the next day they 
came to Mr. McNemar's, who then, for the first time found out that 
there were such people on earth as Shakers." After talking with 
them, he gave them full- permission to exercise their gifts in Turtle 
creek church upon the next day, which was the Sabbath. Thus 
these strangers, who to these people seeking some haven of rest, 
seemed veritable wise men from the East, preached and argued and 
began working publicly and from house to house, until McNemar 
and the main part of the Turtle creek church, believed in the doc- 
trines and became members of 4, The United Society of Believers in 
Christ's Second Coming;" or, as they are now generally called, and 
without intending any disrespect, Shakers, a name which was at first 
given to them in mockery, because of their dancing, as a regular part 
of their worship. Thus this church, which had been in our Presby- 
tery,- having become New Light and then Schismatic, became the 



THE HISTORY OP THE 



nucleus of what is still, the Union Shaker village, a people who live as 
celibates, and have all their property in one common fund, managed 
by those of their own number who are appointed to that work, who, 
honest in all their business transactions, have ever maintained a 
high character for sobriety and industry, and whose trade mark upon 
any article is accepted as proof of its being the best of its kind. 
Without in the least approving their doctrines, I think their quiet 
rest preferable to the shouting, rolling, jerking, and barking, of the 
Schismatics. 

Malcham Worley was the first convert to the new faith, but 
within three or four weeks from the coming of the strangers, ten or 
twelve families had embraced the new doctrine. McNemar says: 
"Believers at Turtle creek began with confessing their sins, forsaking 
them, and taking up their cross, and by the same faith and spirit, 
they came together' on the 23d of the fifth month, (1805,) 
received one common gift, united in one common worship, and 
without murmuring or caviling, have continued in it, increasing 
in love and union, peace, joy and harmony, and every good word 
and work unto the present day." The sixth month some of the 
Eagle cieek people began to look to this as the true way, and 
a work was begun there and in another month their preacher, John 
Dunlevy, who, like McNemar, had been in our Presbytery, began to 
preach the new doctrine, and, in 1807, McNemar says that there were 
between thirty and forty families at Turtle creek, and twenty or 
thirty families at Eagle creek, who had come into the new belief. 
Mr. Charlas Ciapp of Union village, writes that most of the members 
of Eagle creek church followed, or came with, John Dunlevy to the 
Union village, when they had made arrangements in reference to 
their property, &c. The most of the members of Orangedale church, 
which was in Lemon township, Butler county, not far from Leb- 
anon, also came. He also writes that Richard McNemar, and John 
Dunlevy each had a wife and six children, their families being equal 
in number, who all came into the Union village and lived and died 
among that people, save one child in each family. John Dunlevy 
died in 1826, and Richard McNemar September 15, 1839, aged 68 
years. "They were very reliable and valuable members of society 
during their sojourn among us." 

With many bad results, revolting excesses, and irregularities 
accompanying, and following the revival, there was also accompany- 
ing and following, good. There were doubtless many genuine con- 
versions. Dr. George Baxter, of Virginia, wrote a letter to Dr. Archi- 
bald Alexander, which was afterward published, speaking of a great 



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change and reformation in the manners of the people in Kentucky, 
which he had visited. In October, 1801, he says: "I found Ken- 
tucky, to appearance, the most moral place I had ever seen. A pro- 
fane expression was hardly ever heard. A religious awe seemed to 
pervade the country, and some deistical characters had confessed, 
that from whatever cause the revival might proceed, it made the peo- 
ple better." 

The venerable and Reverend David Rice, who openly and con- 
sistently opposed the novel measures introduced, and deprecated the 
irregularities— in the midst of a rehearsal of the evils that he con- 
demned, wrote: "That we had a revival of the spirit and power of 
Christianity among us, I did, do and ever shall believe, until I see 
evidence to the contrary, which I have not yet seen; but, we have 
sadly mismanaged it; we have dashed it down and broken it in 
pieces. Though, I hope a number will have reason to bless God for 
it to all eternity, yet we have not acted as wise master builders who 
have no need to be ashamed." 

Dr. Cleland in 1834, wrote in a paper published in the Biblical 
Repertory and Princeton Review : " The work, at first, was no doubt 
a glorious work of the spirit of. God. Many persons within my 
knowledge became hopefully pious, the most of whom continue unto 
the present, and many have fallen asleep in Jesus. The number of 
apostates was much fewer than might be supposed. Indeed, when I 
look back on those times, I greatly wonder that there were not ten for 
one. The Presbyterian church suffered greatly, lost many members, 
more ministers proportionably than others; but she continued un- 
consumed, and was much better prepared, by practical knowledge 
and dearly bought experience, for the next revival, than she was be- 
fore." 

Dr. Alexander writing of it, while he thinks that at the first, it 
was attended with an outpouring of the Spirit of God, says: "Too 
much indulgence was given to a heated imagination, and too much 
stress was laid on the bodily affections which accompanied the work, 
as though these were supernatural phenomena, intended to arouse 
the attention of a careless world. Thus, what was really a bodily in- 
firmity, was considered to be a supernatural means of awakening and 
convincing infidels and other irreligious persons. And, the more 
these bodily affections were encouraged, the more they increased, 
until at length they assumed the appearance of a formidable nervous 
disease, which was manifestly contagious, as might be proved by 
many well attested facts." 

He then speaks of the disastrous results, as; 1st, A spirit of Error; 



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THE HISTOEY OF THE 



2d. A spirit of Schism; 3d. A spirit of wild enthusiasm; and adds: 
"And the truth is, and it should not be concealed, that the general 
result of this great excitement was an almost total desolation of the 
Presbyterian Churches in Kentucky, and part of Tennessee 

In the General Assembly of 1805, the committee to present 
"a summary of the information received in the Assembly, dur- 
ing the free conversation on the general state of religion," speak- 
ing of these manifestations say: "Whilst the General Assembly 
mourn over and lament those irregular and disorderly proceed- 
ings, which have taken place in some parts, and which have 
tended to obscure and tarnish the glory of this good work of 
God, they rejoice that in general, they appear to subside; that 
the minds of the people are reverting to more rational and 
spiritual views and exercises; that but few of the ministers in their 
connection have countenanced or encouraged these wild extrava- 
gances, or considered any bodily exercises as a criterion by which 
to form judgment of a person's character or state, but have formed 
their opinions in this case, from the conformity of their views and 
exercises to the word of God." 

In speaking of the character of the preaching, Davidson says: 
"The style of the discour- es varied according to the various dis- 
positions of the speakers. It is impossible to find any particular 
standard to which all the phenomena can be reduced. Some spoke 
in a plain, solemn, instructive way; some, in a highy decorated 
style; and others, in a desultory, incoherent, but lively manner. 
There was one class who delighted in alarming the conscience 
with pictures of terror, and launched the thunders of Sinai with 
unsparing hand. Of this sort were McGready, Eannels, Marshall, 
Houston and McNemar. McNemar was desultory, but interspersed 
many good remarks. He wa3 very animated and impressive, and 
exerted all his powers, both in preaching and singing. He would 
stamp with his foot, and slap the Bible, and roar "Hell and Damna- 
tion!" with a loud voice. But I cannot find that this style of preach- 
ing was the most effective. It was such sermons as were delivered 
with tenderness and tears, that elicited the deepest emotions among 
the audience. The greater the pathos of the speaker, the greater was 
the ebullition of feeling; and copious floods of tears weakened and 
prostrated the corporeal organization to such a degree, as to prepare 
it for operations beyond the ordinary control of the will. As a sample 
of the style of the preaching of Mr. McGready, one of the most earnest 
promoters of the work, and whose preaching produced such striking 
effects, I subjoin a short extract from one of his sermons, a portion of 



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which is printed in Davidson's history. The text is, "The fool hath 
said in his heart, there is no God." It is entitled, "The Character, 
History and End of the Fool." The following is taken from that 
part in which he speaks of the end of the fool. 

"And suffice it to say, he died accursed of God. When his soul 
was separated from his body and the black, naming vultures of hell 
began to encircle him on every side, his conscience awoke from its 
long sleep, and roared like ten thousand peals of thunder. Then all 
the horrid crimes of. his past life stared him in the face, in all their 
glowing colors ; then the remembrance of misimproved sermons 
and sacramental occasions flashed like streams of forked lightning 
through his tortured soul; then the reflection that he had slighted 
the mercy and blood of the Son of God — that he had despised and 
rejected him — was like a poisoned arrow piercing his heart. When 
the fiends of hell dragged him into the infernal gulf, he roared and 
screamed and yelled like a devil! When, while Indians, Pagans and 
Mahometans stood amazed, and upbraided him, falling, like Lucifer, 
from the meridian blaze of the Gospel and the threshhold of heaven, 
sinking into the liquid, boiling waves of hell; and accursed sinners of 
Tyre and Sidon, and Sodom and Gomorrah, sprang to the right and 
left and made way for him to pass them, and fall lower down, even to 
the deepest cavern in the flaming abyss. Here his conscience, like a 
never dying worm, stings him, and forever gnaws his soul; and the 
slighted blood of the Son of. God communicates ten thousand hells in 
one! Now, through the blazing flames of hell, he sees that heaven he 
has lost — that exceeding great and eternal weight of glory he has 
sold for the devil's potage! In these pure regions, he sees his father 
or . mother, his sisters or brothers, and those persons who sat under 
the same means of grace with him, and whom he derided as fools, 
fanatics and hypocrites. They are far beyond the impassable gulf; 
they shine brighter than the sun, when he shineth in his strength, and 
walk the golden streets of the New Jerusalem; but, he is lost and 
damned forever. When he surveys his life, and reflects on the many 
offers of salvation he refused, the manner in which he misspent his 
precious time, and misimproved all the means of grace, he is con- 
strained to confess that he is emphatically a fool — a damned fool — for 
he is damned in hell forever and ever." 



CHAPTER II. 



The Presbytery of Washington was constituted by the Synod of 
Virginia, by the transfer of preachers and churches from the Presby- 
tery of Transylvania, as stated in Baird's Digest, in 1799, and was the 
twentieth Presbytery, in order of time, connected with the General 
Assembly. I think, however, since the first meeting of Presbytery 
wa3 so early in the year, that the action of Synod, creating the Pres- 
bytery, must have been in 1798, for the Presbytery held its first meet- 
ing at Johnston's Fork Meeting House, Tuesday and Wednesday, 
April 9th and 10th, 1799. Johnston's Fork is a branch of the LickiDg 
river, and is in Nicholas and Fleming counties, Kentucky. The 
record of the first meeting begins thus: "The Presbytery of Wash- 
ington met according to the appointment of the Synod of Virginia, 
and constituted with prayers. The Rev. Peter Wilson not being pres- 
ent, the Rev. John E. Finley, the next senior member, opened Presby- 
tery with a sermon from Exodus 32:26 (middle clause of the verse): 
'* Who is on the Lord's side? Let him come unto me," and presided 
uniil a new Moderator was chosen. The members present were 
Messrs. John E. Finley, J ohn P. Campbell, J ohn Dunlevy and Rich- 
ard McNemar, ministers; Wm. Johnston, Sebastian Sroff and Joseph 
Darlington, and John Hart, who appeared the second day, elders. 
Absent, the Revs. Peter Wilson, James Kemper and Wm. Speer, Mr. 
Finley was chosen Moderator and Mr. Campbell, Clerk." 

The following also appears in the records: "Agreeably to a 
resolution of Transylvania Presbytery, at an intermediate meeting, 
March 28, 1799, now read, it appeared that all the business on the old 
records yet unfinished, and lying within their bounds, was transferred 
to the management of Washington Presbj tery." 

There were seven ministers, members of Presbytery. Of these, 
Peter Wilson, who was absent from the first meeting, and most likely 
then sick, died, the twenty- fourth of July in the same year. At this 
meeting John P. Campbell was elected Stated Clerk. The churches, 
or preaching places, mentioned in the minutes of the first meeting, 
were Johnston's Fork meeting house; Union, which petitioned for 
supplies through their commissioner, Moses Beard; Springfield, (at 
Springdale,) now in Cincinnati Presbytery, (one of the oldest churches,) 
organized in 1792; the congregation in Hold's Creek settlement; Eagle 
Creek congregation, about three miles from West Union, which peti- 
tioned, through Mr. McNemar, to be taken under the care of Presbytery 



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and supplied; Clear Creek, which, with OraDgedale, presented calls for 
Mr. Archibald Steel, a licentiate under the care of the Presbytery, 
who signified his acceptance of these calls. He had had them under 
consideration since the Fall meeting of Transylvania Presbytery. 
The Presbytery therefore appointed an intermediate meetiDg, at 
Orangedale, for the first Tuesday of August, to ordain him; assigned 
Isaiah 61:10 as text for his trial sermon, and appointed Mr. Dunlevy 
to preach the ordination sermon, and Mr. Speer to preside and give 
the charge. This intermediate meeting, however, was not held, for 
there were but two members of Presbytery in attendance — Mr. 
Kemper and Mr. Campbell. Therefore, at the Fall meeting, October 
24, 1799, at the Baptist meeting-house, in Washington, Kentucky, a 
meeting was appointed for Orangedale, to be held on the third Fri- 
day of November, and Mr. McNemar was appointed to preside, in 
place of Mr. Speer, the other arrangements remaining the same. 
The event proved that, in this case at least, Friday was an unlucky 
day; for when the time had come and Mr. Steel had preached the 
opening sermon from the text that had been given him, the Orange- 
dale congregation had changed their mind and were unwilling 
to receive him, and so the ordination was postponed, and Mr Steel 
was not ever ordained by this Presbytery; for, in Presbytery in Cin- 
cinnati, October 7th-10th, 1800, when Mr. Steel had accepted a 
call to Clear Creek, his examination for ordination was not sustained. 
In Presbytery at Red Oak, April 14th and 15th, 1801, Mr. Steele was 
again examined, aft Q r which they requested him to return his license 
and advised him to' "turn his attention to some other vocation in 
life," " on account of his apparent want of suitable qualifications to 
fill the sacred office." Presbytery also ordered "that Orangedale and 
Clear Creek congregations, (two churches not far from Lebanon, 
Ohio,) be directed to pay up the arrearages due to Mr. Steele." How- 
ever, at Hopewell church, April 3rd and 4th, 1805, on recommendation 
of Synod, Mr. Steele's license was returned to him, and he continued 
under care of this Presbytery until, in October, 1810, when he was 
put, by Synod, in care of the Presbytery of Miami, which was then 
formed by Synod. Lee's Creek church, Mason county, Kentucky, is 
also mentioned, and at the first meeting of Presbytery the pastoral 
relation existing between Mr. Dunlevy and that church was dissolved. 
Mr. Dunlevy accepted a call from Eagle Creek, April 8th-10th, 1800, 
but I cannot find that he was installed; his work there and at Lee's 
Creek, must have been in addition to that at Red Oak, with which 
his pastoral relation was dissolved in April, 1803, he having been 
pastor there before the erection of the Presbytery at Washington. 



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THE HISTORY OF THE 



Cabin Creek, in Lewis county, Kentucky, and Mr. Home's at 
Brush Creek; Denny's Station on Mad river; Chillicothe, and Wash- 
ington, Kentucky, after which the Presbytery was named, complete 
the list of churches and preaching places mentioned at the first 
meeting. 

Mr. McNemar who was appointed Commissioner to the General 
Assembly was "instructed to apply for an act permitting the Pres- 
byteries of Transylvania, Western Lexington, and Washington to 
constitute a Synod." Chillicothe was chosen as the place for the 
next stated meeting and the first Tuesday of October as the time; but, 
as the minutes of the meeting, Oct. 24, 1799, in the Baptist meeting 
house, at Washington, Kentucky, tell us, — u From an unusual train of 
events, Presbytery was prevented from attending at Chillicothe, ac- 
cording to their adjournment," and did not meet in Chillicothe until 
Oct. 1, 1808, the second meeting of Presbytery within our present 
bounds — the first having been at Buckskin, (South Salem,) October 2, 
1805. So, that Chillicothe, at which the second meeting was ap- 
pointed, entertained Presbytery for the first time at its twenty-first 
meeting. The first ordination and installation, by the new* Presby- 
tery was that of Matthew Green Wallace, who was received, as a pro- 
bationer, from the Presbytery of New Castle. In meeting at Cincin- 
nati, October 7-10, 1800, he accepted a call from the church at Cincin- 
nati, and was ordained and installed at this meeting. The text of his 
trial sermon was Jeremiah 23:28; the ordination took place Wednes- 
day, October 8. The relation then constituted continued only until 
October 6-9, 1802, when Presbytery again met at Cincinnati, and the 
congregation petitioned that the call should be no longer in lorce, as 
they were not able to pay what they had promised. He was contin- 
ued however, as stated supply, for one year. He afterwards 
preached at Springfield, (Springdale,) Hamilton, Dicks Creek, and 
Seven Mile, and in October, 1810, was, with others, set off by the 
Synod of Kentucky, into the new Presbytery of Miami. Mr. Wallace 
was a graduate of Princeton -College, in 1795. He studied theology 
with the Rev. Nathan Grier of Brandy wine Manor, Pennsylvania. In 
the latter part of his life, he resided in Terre Haute, Indiana, without 
charge, and died in that place August 12, 1854. When he was or- 
dained, Cincinnati was but a small village. "Dr. Daniel Drake came 
to Cincinnati in 1800, and described it as a small hamlet, surrounded 
by woods and narrow clearings, wheat fields and black-berry jungles, 
with an emoty little market place between Fourth and Sixth streets, 
bordered by the court house, school house and church; and with a few 
huts on Fifth and Sixth streets, and Walnut street. Mount Adams 



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was then covered with tall sugar-maples; and the Observatory hill 
upheld a crown of poplars, oaks and beeches. A narrow and stumpv 
road crossed the driftwood-filled estuary of Deer Creek, on a shaky 
wooden bridge and fared away through almost unbroken woods to 
Columbia." (Shillito's Centennial Paper.) The year in which the 
relation was dissolved between the church and Mr. Wallace, Cin- 
cinnati was incorporated as a village and after three more years of 
growth, in 1805, it had only nine hundred and sixty inhabitants, and 
one hundred and nine frame houses, fifty three log cabins and ten 
houses of brick or stone. When the census was taken in 1810, since 
which year it has not been in our Presbytery, it had two thousand 
three hundred and twenty inhabitants. 

"The condition of the wage class of that day may be well ex- 
amined ; it is full of instruction for social agitators. In the great 
cities unskilled workmen were hired by the day, bought their own 
food and found their own lodging. But in the country, on the farms, 
or wherever a hand was employed on some public works, they were 
fed and lodged by the employer, and given a few dollars a month. 
On the Pennsylvania canals the diggers ate the coarsest diet, were 
housed in the rudest sheds, and paid $6 a month from May to No- 
vember and $5 a month from November to May. Hod carriers and 
mortar mixers, diggers and choppers, who, from 1793 to 1800, labored 
on the public buildings and cut the streets and avenues of Washing- 
ton City, received $70 a year, or, if they wished, f 60 for all the work 
they could perform from March 1 to December 20. The hours of 
work were invariably from sunrise to sunset. Wages at Albany 
and New York were 3 shillings or, as money then went, 40 cents 
a day; at Lancaster, $8 to $10 a month; elsewhere in Pennsylvania, 
workmen were content with $6 in summer and $5 in winter. At Bal- 
timore, men were glad to be hired at 18 pence a day. None, by the 
month, asked more than $8. At Fredricksburg the price of labor 
was from $5 to $7. In Virginia, white men employed by the year 
were given £16 currency ; slaves, when hired, were clothed and their 
masters paid £1 a month. A pound Virginia money was, in Fed- 
eral money, $3,33. The average rate of wages the land over was, 
therefore, $65 a year, with food and, perhaps, lodging. Out of this 
small sum the workman must, with his wife's help, maintain his 
family." — Mc Master's History. 

The second ordination, in our Presbytery, was that of John 
Thompson, a probationer who had been received from the Presbytery 
of West Lexington, in meeting at Red Oak, April 14-15, 1801, and 
was ordained and installed at Springfield, (Springdale,) Nov. 11, 



THE HISTORY OF THE 



1801. Mr. Thompson had accepted a call in the meeting at Eagle 
Creek, October 7. 1801, for two-thirds of his time. Mr. Preston was 
the commissioner from tii9 church to present the call. 1st. Cor. 16:22 
was given him as his text for a trial sermon. The following record 
from the minutes gives an account of the proceedings : u Presbytery 
proceeded to the ordination of Mr. Thompson. A sermon suited to 
the occasion was delivered by Mr. Dunlevy from 2nd Peter 1:19, 
after which Mr. Kemper, the Presiding Bishop, recited, in the pres- 
ence of the people, the proceedings of Presbytery relative to the oc- 
casion, endeavored to impress upon their minds the nature and impor- 
tance of the ordinance, and proposed to Mr. Thompson and the con- 
gregation, the usual questions, to which they respectively answered 
in the affirmative. The Presiding Bishop did then, by prayer and 
the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery, solemnly ordain, the 
said John Thompson, to the holy office of the gospel ministry. After 
which, the moderator gave a solemn charge, in the name of God to 
the newly ordained Bishop, and to the people, to persevere in the 
discharge of their mutual duties, and the whole was concluded with 
singing and prayer." Mr. Thompson was also stated supply at Ham- 
ilton for one-third of his time. 

At this time there were in Presbytery James Kemper, Richard 
McNemar, Matthew G. Wallace, John E. Finley, Wm. Speer, John 
Dunlevy, John Poage Campbell, and now, that he was ordained, John 
Thompson. Of these Kemper, Speer, Wallace and Campbell, were 
sound in doctrine and correct in morals. Finley was sound in doc- 
trine and practice at that time, so far as appears. Gillet in Vol. 2, p. 
3> says that he labored at Faggs Manor, Delaware, from 1777 until 
hi3 removal to Kentucky in 1795, and also says that he succeeded 
Dunlevy at Red Oak. which however is a mistake, for Dunlevy had 
the pastoral relation with Red Oak dissolved in Presbytery, at 
Springfield, (Springdale,) April 6-11, 1803, and at this meeting Finley 
was appointed to supply one Sabbath at Red Oak. At the next meet- 
ing at Cincinnati, October 5-6, 1803, Red Oak asked for supplies, and 
Finley was appointed to administer the sacrament of the supper 
there. At the next meeting at Red Oak, April 4-6, 1804, Finley was 
directed, in his missionary work, to look after Brush Creek, Scioto, 
Eagle Creek, Red Oak, and Straight Creek; but all the members had 
such appointments for missionary labor, which were outside of their 
regular work. Then at Washington October 3-4, 1804, he was ap- 
pointed to supply one Sabbath at Red Oak. Then at Buckskin, Octo- 
ber 2-3, 1805, he was appointed one Sabbath at Johnston, one at 
Fleming, one at Locust and the rest at discretion; but the next 



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meeting at Cincinnati, April 2-3, 1806, Gilliland was called to Red 
Oak. There is no record of his ever supplying Red Oak regularly, 
in the minutes of our Preibytery, nor of his being installed pastor in 
any of the churches. In the reprint of tho Minutes of the Assembly 
for 1802, published by our Board, he is called pastor of Bracking, 
which I suppose is intended for Bracken. In Presbytery at Eagle 
Creek October 6-8, 1801, he was appointed to supply one Sabbath at 
New Market and the remainder of his time at Germantown, Bracken 
and Union, at discretion. In Presbytery at Cincinnati October 6-9, 
1802, he was made Stated Supply at Mr. Walls', on White Oak, for 
one-third of his time. At the Spring meeting of Presbytery at Wash- 
ington, Kentucky, April 13-15, 1802, he had been made Stated Supply 
at Augusta, Kentucky, for one year, for half of his time. But for the 
most part, he seems to have been appointed to preach at discretion. 
He appears to have lived in the neighborhood of Red Oak. He was 
one of the original members of Presbytery, preached the opening 
sermon and was Moderator of the first meeting; was Moderator ten 
times, and in the records there is nothing to intimate that he was not 
held in respect by all the members, and had the confidence of all the 
churches, until at the thirty ninth meeting of Presbytery, at Wash- 
ington, Kentucky, October 5-7, 1813, when a charge was brought 
against him for immoral conduct, and it was resolved that: "in order 
to an investigation of the case, there be a special meeting of Presby- 
tery, at Red Oak, on the fourth Wednesday of November next." At 
this special meeting of Presbytery, Mr Finley acknowledged the facts 
alleged in the charge, and therefore no witneeses were cited, and it 
was resolved: "That John E. Finley be, and hereby is, suspended 
from the gospel ministry, and that he be, and hereby is, suspended 
also from the communion of the church. And it is further resolved, 
that as Mr. Finley has confessed the facts alleged in the charge and 
professed sorrow for his conduct, the session of Red Oak church, be. 
and they hereby are, authorized to restore him to the communion of 
the church, as soon as they may deem it consistent with the interests 
of religion. This is the only case in the history of the Presbytery of 
its suspension of a minister, and no other member of the Presbytery 
has ever had any serious charges of immorality brought against him. 

Of the remaining members of the Presbytery, Richard McNemar 
was unsound in doctrine, Dunlevy was no better, and Thompson for a 
time, at least, went with them. At the first meeting of Presbytery, 
McNemar had been appointed commissioner to the Assembly, and to 
supply Union Church, Kentucky, one half of his time. When he 
reported at the next meeting, in the Baptist meeting house at Wash- 



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THE HISTORY OF THE 



ington, Kentucky, October 24, 1799, and gave a narrative of his at- 
tendance and of the business transacted in the Assembly, Presbytery, 
"expressed their approbation of his faithfulness as commissioner and 
agreed to concur, cordially, in promoting the objects so warmly rec- 
ommended to their attention by General Assembly, and ordered that 
their members be particular in their attention to lecturing, catechizing 
the vacancies, and instituting societies for religious conversation, 
readiDg and prayer.'! In Presbytery, at Red Oak, April 14-15, 1801, 
the pastoral relation existing between Mr. McNemar and the church 
of Cabin Creek, in Lewis County, Kentucky, was dissolved at his 
rsquest — the congregation being represented, at Presbytery, by a 
commissioner, Mr. Joseph Darlington, who, for the congregation, 
stated: "chat on account of their inability to comply with the 
terms of Mr. McNemar's settlement, they agree to a dissolution 
of their connection with their parson, provided he be continued 
half his time." Presbytery directed "that Mr. McNemar employ 
only half his time in that congregation, and that they pay him 
proportionably according to the terms of his settlement.'' The com- 
missioner represent iDg the congregation was Gen. Joseph Darling- 
ton, an elder in the West Union Church, an associate Judge of the 
court, member of the first legislature in the state of Ohio, and 
also of the first constitutional convention, and a very prominent 
man in that convention. I think that there was already some dis- 
satisfaction with Mr. McNemar's preaching, especially in reference 
to its doctrine, and this possibly was one reason why they were 
not able to pay him as they had agreed, in his call; for in Pres- 
bytery, at Springfield November 11, 1801, there was presented to Pres- 
bytery, "A letter with certain other papers, from three of the former 
elders, of Cabin Creek congregation, containing ceitain charges, re- 
specting doctrine, against the Rev. R. McNemar." No notice was taken 
of this further than to put the above on the minutes, possibly because, 
this being an intermediate meeting, there were but three ministers 
present; Kemper, Wallace and McNemar himself, and but one elder, 
Moses Miller. But in Presbytery, at Cincinnati, (October 6-9, 1802,) 
the following action was taken, as appears in the records: "W 7 hereas 
it has been reported, for more than a year past, that the Rev. Richard 
McNemar held tenets hostile to the standards of the Presbyterian 
Church and subversive of the fundamental doctrines contained in the 
Sacred Scriptures; and whereas these reports have daily become 
more clamorous, notwithstanding Mr. McNemar has been warned of 
these things both privately and moie publicly; both by private per- 
sons and the members of Presbytery, separately and jointly; there- 



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fore the Presbytery have thought it necessary to enter into a more 
particular and close examination of Mr. McNemar, on the doctrines 
of particular election, human depravity, the atonement and the ap- 
plication cf it to the sinner, the necessity of the Divine agency in 
this application, and the nature of faith. Upon which examination 
had, it is the opinion of this Presbytery that Mr. McNemar holds 
these doctrines in a sense specifically and essentially different from 
that sense in which Calvinists generally believe them, and that his 
ideas on these subjects are strictly Arminian, though clothed in such 
expressions and handed out in such a manner, as to keep the body of 
the people in the dark, and lead them insensibly into Arminian prin- 
ciples, which are dangerous to the souls of men and hostile to the in- 
terests of all true religion." ''Ordered that a copy of this minute be 
forwarded by the Stated Clerk, as early as may be, to the churches 
under our care." 

Notwithstanding their adoption of the above, Presbytery ap- 
pointed him supply at Turtle Creek, for half the time, until the next 
stated meeting. At the meeting at Springfield, (Springdale,) April 
6-11,1803, a petition was presented praying "there-examination of the 
Rev. Richard McNemar, on the fundamental doctrines of religion, or, 
on what the petitioners call Free will, or Arminian doctrines, and 
also that the Rev. John Thompson undergo the like examination;" 
concerning which it is recorded: k, The petition of Wm. Lamme, John 
McCabe, John Ewing, William Waugh, John Steele, Jonathan 
Tichenor, Andrew , Small, Furgus McClane, Francis Dill, John 
Bone, Jonathan Whittaker, Daniel Reeder, James Jones and James 
Ewing, from the congregations of Beulah, Turtle Creek, Bethany, 
Hopewell, Duck Creek, and Cincinnati, was taken up, and Presbytery 
determined that it was improper to go into the examination of Mr. 
McNemar and Mr. Thompson on the prayer of said petitioners, as 
being out of order." Presbytery also put into Mr. McNemar's hands 
a call from the congregation of Turtle Creek which he accepted. 
The sound men in Presbytery did what they could in that, as is re- 
corded, in the minutes of this long meeting, lasting from Wednesday 
until the next Monday; "Messrs. James Kemper, M. G. Wallace and 
Stephen Wheeler pi'otest against the proceedings of Presbytery, in 
the case of the petition of Wm. Lamme and others, praying the re- 
examination of Mr. McNemar, and also the examination of Mr. 
Thompson, because the people cannot be deprived of the right of 
proposing to Preshj tery for discussion, such difficulties respecting 
the doctrines taught them as cannot be settled by the session, and 
especially because Mr. BlcNemar's principles, in particular, now 



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stand condemned, by the last meeting of Presbytery, as Arminian. 
The above named members also protest against the proceedings of 
Presbytery in the case of the call to Mr. McNemar, from Turtle 
Creek, for the above reasons, and especially, because the Presbytery 
now refuses to pay any attention to Mr. McNemar's principles, or 
doctrines, notwithstanding the proceedings had at the last meeting 
of Presbytery, as they appear in our minutes." 

The ministers present, at this meeting, were James Kemper 
and M. Gr. Wallace, the two who protested, and Richard Mc- 
Nemar, John Dunlevy, and John Thompson. Of the five minis- 
ters who were present, three were unsound in doctrine. If Fin- 
ley and Campbell had been present, then the Presbytery in so 
far as the ministers were concerned, would have stood four for 
sound doctrine, and three unsound. The following from the "As- 
sembly's Digest" — "Baird's Collection" — shows what became of the 
three. "At the second meeting of the Synod of Kentucky held 
in 1803, it appeared on review of the records of the Presbytery 
of Washington, that a memorial had been presented to the 
Presbytery, charging two of its members, Messrs. Richard Mc- 
Nemar and John Thompson, with holding certain dangerous er- 
rors. It also appeared that, at a previous meeting of the Pres- 
bytery, McNemar had been subjected to a judicial examination 
and convicted, and censured for holding Arminian tenets; and 
yet the memorial had been utterly disregarded, and a call was 
put into McNemar's hands. The Synod approved the examina- 
tion of McNemar, and censured the negl9ct of the memorial, and 
then resolved upon an examination of Messrs. Thompson and 
McNemar, with a view to ascertain the correctness of the charges 
against them. At this juncture, the Rev. Messrs. Robert Marshall, 
Barton W. Stone, Richard McNemar, John Thompson, and John 
Dunlevy, laid in a protest and declinature of the jurisdiction of the 
Synod, and withdrew. A committee was appointed, by the Snyod, to 
endeavor to reclaim them, but without effect. The next day the Se- 
ceders came into Synod in a body, and informed it that they had 
formed themselves into a Presbytery. Upon this, the Synod sus- 
pended them severally from the office of the ministry, and declared 
their pulpits vacant, and referred them to their several Presbyteries 
to be restored upon repentance." They repudiated the Confession 
of Faith, and declared that they considered themselves freed from all 
creeds but the Bible, and soon had quite a following. Stone became 
the leader of the secession. Afterwards many of their followers, with 
Stone himself, went with the Campbellitea 



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"Barton W. Stone came to Kentucky in 1797, as a licentiate 
from the Presbytery of Orange, North Carolina. He was ordained, 
in the following year, pastor of Cane Ridge and Concord churches. 
He was a man of placid mien, great suavity of manners, yery 
insinuating, plausible, and intriguing, and thence acquired consid- 
erable influence, although his talents were but moderate, and his 
learning not above mediocrity, he was a popular preacher. His 
style was not alarming, but persuasive. Dr. John P. Campbell was 
of opinion that it was Mr. Craighead who first seduced him into 
error; that Stone then led astray McNemar; and McNemar, Dun- 
levy." — (Davidson's Hist. Pres. Church in Ky.) 

Robert Marshal was a native of County Down, Ireland, born 
November 27th, 1760. He came with his family to Western Penn- 
sylvania. At the age of sixteen he enlisted and served as a private in 
the Revolutionary war. After the war, when about twenty-three 
years old, he took an academical course under Mr. Graham, at Lib- 
erty Hall, and studied theology with Dr. McMillen, and was, after 
completing his studies, licensed by the Redstone Presbytery. In 
1791 he removed, with his wife, to Kentucky, and on the 13th of June, 
1793, was ordained pastor of Bethel and Blue Spring churches; he 
also conducted a classical school. After going off he saw his error, 
and, in 1811, returned to the church, and was afterward reinstated in 
his old charge of Bethel, where he continued until his decease, in 
1811. He afterward said "that he could not ascribe his conduct to 
any other cause than a strange infatuation; and for years never 
mounted the pulpit without lamenting his errors, and warning the 
people against similar delusions." Davidson says of him: "As a 
preacher, he was clear, logical, systematic, and adhered closely to 
to his text. He was of a coarse, strong mind, rather of a metaphys- 
ical turn; rash and impetuous in his temper. He delighted in start 
ling expressions and the use of language adapted to rouse and im- 
press an audience. His popularity as a leader of the New Lights 
was for a time unbounded, thousands and thousands hanging on his 
lips at their camp-meetings. His constitutional temperament pre- 
disposed him to an ascetic sort of enthusiasm, and to fall the prey 
of errors, which assumed the guise of superior sanctity. While we 
cannot deny him the credit of sincerity, he was thus betrayed into 
harsh and denunciatory language against such as either appeared to 
be deficient in zeal or indulged in an unusual degree of cheerf ulness^ 
Preaching once to believers, he said: "Go away, sinners! I have 
nothing for youP Being persuaded at another time to try a milder 
strain than was his wont, he delivered a most delightful, comforting 



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sermon, suited to encourage the timid, and not to overwhelm them. 
His hearers were softened and enraptured. But at the close of his 
sermon, he could not resist his old propensity, and threw his audience 
into a state of panic by exclaiming in his awful way, "And now, you 
hypocrites, you will be snatching at the children's bread." 

The R9V. John Thompson came from North Carolina, in 1795, 
and had liberty, from the Presbytery of West Lexington, to exhort, 
April 17, 1799. In October of the same year, he was licensed to 
preach. He afterward cam9 to Ohio, and, as we have seen, was or- 
dained at Springdale. Going off with the Seceders, he returned at 
the same time with Marshall, and afterward, in 1838, went with the 
New School party. 

Richard McNemar was received by the Presbytery of Tran- 
sylvania, as a candidate, from West Pennsylvania, in 1795, at which 
time he was licensed to give public exhortations, together, (Davidson 
says,) with Andrew Steel — I think most likely the same who has 
been before spoken of as Archibald Steel. They were limited in that 
they were not permitted to exhort oftener than once in two weekf, 
nor without "carefully digesting the matter of their exhortations/' 
which were not to exceed forty minutes in length. Mr. McNemar 
was ordained pastor of Cabin Creek, August 2nd, 1798. Davidson 
says of him: "He was of a sprightly, active and enthusiastic turn, 
an agreeable address, a prepossessing appearance and respectable 
natural parts, but of weak judgment. He was a portly, line-looking 
man, tall and erect, six feet high, and of a stout frame. He was a 
popular declamatory preacher, warm, animated, lively in desultory 
exhortations, and apparently sincere. He spoke and sang with all 
his heart. Ecstatic joy sometimes shone in his whole face. He 
became a leading man and a general favorite. There was an affecta- 
tion of sanctity in his manners, which was very captivating with the 
multitude, who are easily carried away by such appearances. He 
would take off his shoes in ascending the pulpit or the stand, saying 
it was holy ground. He encouraged the jerks, and did all in his 
power to stimulate the excitement to its height." 

John Dunlevy came from Western Pennsylvania. He taught 
school for some time in Kentucky. He was ordained over Lee's 
Creek, Big Bracken and North Bracken, in Kentucky, November 8th, 
1797. The two Bracken congregations being broken up by removals, 
he confined his attention to Lee's Creek, in 1798. He afterward, as 
we have seen, came to Ohio. Davidson says of him: "He was the 
exact opposite of Mr. McNemar, by whose influence, however, he was 
led astray. He was one of the most gloomy, reserved and saturnine 



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a 



men that ever lived; his soul seemed to be in harmony with no ore 
lively or social feeliug, and the groans which he ooutiini.iiljy utu'ivd 
drove away all pleasure in hid company, lie was above the mid 
stature, andwell proportioned, but of swarthy complexion, ana dark, 
forbidding countenance. ILs manners were coarse, rough and re 
pulsive. His talents were not above mediocrity; his knowledge was 
superficial; he was never regarded as a leading or influential man, 
nor was he a popular preacher. His favorite topics were those of 
terror, not consolation. He followed McNemar in all his vagaries, till 
they both landed in Shakerism. Fired with a passion for authorship, 
h9 published at the, Shaker village of Pleasant Hill, in Kentucky, in 
1813, a dull and heavy octavo of live hundred and twenty pages, 
entitled, 'A Manifesto, or a Declaration of the Doctrines and Practice 
of the Church of Christ,' designed as an exposition and defense of the 
peculiarities of Shakerism, of which he professed to grow more and 
more enamored." 

While many of the followers of these men went with the Camp- 
bellites, some kept up the separation, calling themselves Christians. 
They were called by others, New Lights, and still remain a separate 
church. When Marshall and Thompson returned, they presented 
themselves at the bar of Synod, declaring their penitence and sub- 
mitting to a satisfactory examination upon the doctrines which had 
been called in question. 

James Kemper, who, with Mr. Wallace, had protested against 
the errorists, at the second meeting of the Presbytery of Transyl- 
vania, on the nomination of David Rice, after an examination on 
theology, was appointed to the office of catechis*-, in accordance with 
an agreement made at the first meeting, that "catechists should bo 
appointed for the purpose of instructing the young and ignorant," 
These catechists were nominated by a minister, examined and ap- 
proved by Presbytery, but were not, by virtue of this appointment, to 
attempt to expound the Scriptures, preach the Gospel or dispense 
sealing ordinances. He was ordained pastor of the churches in Cin- 
cinnati and Columbia, October 23, 1792, (the Cincinnati church wr.s 
organized in 1791, by David Rice,) the Presbytery meeting in Cincin- 
nati for the purpose. The relation was dissolved and the eLud.os 
were separated October 7th, 1793. In Presbytery at E tgle Cie.ek, 
October G-S, 1391, Mr. Kemper was appointed for ''one-third of h.'s 
fcima at Duck Creek (now Pleasant Ridge) and one-fourth at Syca- 
more, for one year; also, the Hit h Sabbath of November at the furlw 
of Mad river; the lirst Sabbath of December at Dayton; lb 8 first < i' 
January at Turtle Creek; the second ol February at Bduluh; the iir&fc 



again at Dayton, and the second at the Forks." In Presbytery at 
Cincinnati, October 6-9, 1802, Duck Creek congregation, through. Mr. 
Joseph Reeder, petitioned for one-half of Kemper's labors. Presby- 
tery granted them one- third, but granted the petition of Sycamore, 
presented by Mr. Uzal Babes, for one-half of his time. In Presby- 
tery, at Cincinnati, October 5th and G'h, 1803, there was "a request 
from the congregation of Duck Creek, and that on Sycamore and 
Pollock Ran, to be united by Presbytery, the latter to be known only 
by the name of Hopewell Church, and, also, that Mr. Kemper be con- 
tinued their supply another year." Their request was granted. Then 
in Presbytery at Washington, Kentucky, October 3d and 4th, 1804, Mr. 
Kemper accepted culls from Duck Creek and Hopewell. When he 
was installed pastor of the above churches, at Hopewell, at a meeting 
of Presbytery, April 3d and ith, 1805, the Rev. David Rice, with whom 
he had studied theology, of' en spoken of in the early history of the 
Presbyterian church iu Kentucky, as Father Rice, an eminent and, in 
every way, estimable man, was present and preached the installation 
sermon, from Isaiah 3:20. The Rev. John E. Finley presided, asked 
the constitutional questions and gave an exhortation to pastor and 
people. This relation was dissolved, in Presbytery, at Lebanon, 
October 14ch and loth, 1807, but Mr. Kemper continued to supply 
these churches for a time. In Presbytery, at Chillicothe, April 4th 
and 5!ih, 1810, he accepted, by letter, not being present, a call from 
th<3 churches of Johnston's Fork and Fleming, and requested that he 
and the churches should be dismissed to the care of the Presbytery 
of West Lexington, which request the Presbytery judged it improper 
to grant, 14 because not {presented in regular manner, and that Presby- 
tery had not power to alter bounds without consent of Synod." In 
Presbytery at Hillsborough, April 3d and 4th, 1811, Mr. Kemper was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of West Lexington and was not after- 
ward under the care of this Presbytery; for, after remaining in Ken- 
tucky a year or so, he removed to his home on Walnut Hills, Cincin- 
nati, which, after the formation of the Presbytery of Miami, was out 
of our bounds. Several of his children were residing at Walnut Hills, 
and when, in 1819, the church was organized there, he became its 
pastor and so remained until his death, in 1834, August 20th, aged 
eighty years, nine months and three days. He was the second stated 
clerk of Presbytery, having served in that capacity from October, 
1804, until April, 1808. He was a man excellent and eminent, of high 
character and great devotion. 

Another of the four ministers remaining, after Synod had 
suspended Messrs. McNemar, Dunlevy and Thompson, was John 



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Poage Campbell, M. D., who was elected Stated Clerk at the first 
meeting, and served until October, 1804, and judging from the 
records, Presbytery never hud a better. He was the most bril- 
liant and intellectual of all the original members. Ho was born 
in Augusta county, Virginia, in 1767, and removed with his fath- 
er Mr. Robert Campbell, to Kentucky when he was fourteen years 
old. His father was an elder in Smyrna Church and lived in 
Mason county. He graduated in Hampden Sydney, in 1780, stud- 
ied theology with Mr. Graham and With Dr. Moses Hoge of 
Shepherdstown, Virginia, arid was licensed to preach in 1792. 
In July, 1793, he was installed collegiate pastor with Mr. Gra- 
ham, his preceptor, in the congregations of Oxford, New Mon- 
mouth, Lexington, and Timber Ridge, Virginia. In 1795, he came 
to Kentucky, and preached first to the churches of Smyrna and 
Flomingsbnrgh. He afterwards preached in various places, among 
which were Danville, Nicholasville, Cherry Spring, Versailles, and 
Lexington. He had also studied medicine and was successful in 
its practice, but only engaged in this because his salary as a 
preacher, was not sufficient to support him. In April, 1801, he 
resigned a call that he had accepted from Union. He was dis- 
missed to the Presbytery of Transylvania, in meeting of Presby- 
tery October 3-4, 1804, at Washington, Kentucky, and removed 
from the neighborhood of Johnston's Fork meeting-house to Dan- 
ville, and was, in Kentucky, a great power in contending for sound 
doctrine, daring the time of the New Light troubles. In 1805-6, 
by direction of the General Assembly, he traveled through North- 
ern Kentucky, with a view to regulate disorders and revive the 
spirits of desponding flocks and prevent, so far as possible, the 
people from accepting the errors pressed upon them by the 
New Light preachers. Against these he worked with voice and 
pen. In Presbytery, at Buckskin, April G-8, 1811, he was re- 
ceived into this Presbytery again, on a certificate from the Pres- 
tery of West Lexington. In the Autumn of 1813, he had removed 
to Chiliicothe, and was engaged in tho preparation of a work 
to be called " Western Antiquities," but died November 4th, 1814 # 
Davidson says that: "Nassau Hall was about to confer upon him 
the degree of Doctor of Divinity, when death prevented the in- 
tended honor." 

He was a man of fine taste and devoted to criticism and belles- 
lettres. In early life he had a great reputation as a preacher, but 
his voice, which had never been «strong, became so broken by 
preaching to large assemblies, in the open air, during the great 



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revival, tf at it was painful for strangers to listen to him, and 
t)vH prevented him from getting snch a situation as his talents 
would have commanded. H> published a number of articles, most- 
ly controversial, and his friends thought that, it was au irre- 
parable loss, that he was prevented by death from finishing the 
work on which he was engaged. 

Pe^er Wilson who has been mentioned above as one of the 
first ministers who were members of Presbytery, but who was 
not present at the firs', and who died before the second meet- 
ing of Presbytery, was received into the Presbytery of Transyl- 
vania from Abingdon Presbytery in October, 1797. In April. 3798 
he received a call from the church at Cincinnati, to which Win. 
A'thnrs had preached after Mr. Kemper's resignation, but a pro- 
test being made by members of said church, the case w is put 
into the hands of a committee to go there and settle difficulties. 
At an intermediate meeting, in August, a request camo from the 
congregation in Cincinnati for Mr. Wilson's settlement. The clerk 
was ordered to write to Mr. Wilson and the elders of the 
church, directing them to bo present at the Fall meeting, for an 
investigation of the matter, but they not appearing, were cited, with 
any that might feel aggrieved to appear, at. the Spring meeting, 
that the difficulty k> bet\veen Mr. Wilson and the Session might be 
settled." In the meantime the presbytery was divided — Mr. Wil- 
son was appointed to op^n Washington Presbytery, at Johnston's 
Fork, with a sermon, and so the business came for a settlement 
into our Presbytery, and in the minutes of the first meeting 
there is the following record; "A letter from Messrs. Miller and 
Iteeder, to the moderator of Presbytery, relating to the subject 
of complaint between them and the Rev. Peter Wilson, and con- 
taining reasons for their non-attendance, was produced and read. 
A'so an extract from the minutes of Transylvania Presbytery and 
the other papers relative to that business were read and 
considered, and after mature deliberation, it was agreed to go 
into a decision on that business, at Orangedale, and in order to 
snch an event, resolved that-, Mr. Wilson, Messrs. Miller and 
Reader and shower else may feel aggrieved, be, and they are 
hereby, cited to appear there, that measures may be taken for an 
amicable and final adjustment of the existing difference between 
th^m. On motion, resolved: that Messrs. Campbell, McNemar 
and Darlington, be a committee to draft letters to the Rev. Peter 
Wilson, Messers. Miller and Reeder, and the people of Cincinnati, 
who prepared the call to Mr. W f ilson, and to make report to-morrow 



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morning." At the next meeting, October 24, 1799, it is recorded 
that, "The Rev. Peter Wilson departed this life, July 24, 1799. 
Of course the business ponding with respect to him, wa3 con- 
sidered as terminated by that unexpected and much lamented 
event." 

The llev. Wm. Speer, who was also marked absent from the first 
meeting of Presbytery, was born in the bounds of upper Marsh 
Creek church, in what is now Adams county, Pennsylvania. He grad- 
uated at Carlisle, at the age of 24 years, in 1788, and remained there 
until 1791, in the only theological class ever taught by Dr. Nesbit. 
He was pastor of the Falling Spring church, Chambersburg, Pennsyl- 
vania, from 1794 to 1797. In the Summer he started on an exploring 
tour into what was then known as the North Western Territory, and 
traveling on horseback came to Chiilicothe, which was then but one 
year old. Finding there a few Presbyterian families, he organized 
the First Presbyterian Church of Chiilicothe which Church was, after 
a fashion then prevalent of naming churches, called Newhope Church. 
This church was taken under the care of the Presbytery of Transyl- 
vania, October 3, 1797, and April, 1793, Mr. Speer, at a meeting of 
the Presbytery in New Providence Church, not far from Danville, 
Kentucky, accepted the call of the church to become its pastor. 

He was pastor of this church until tho meeting of Presbytery at 
Cincinnati October 6-9, 1802, when tho relation was dissolved and he 
was dismissed to the Presbytery of Carlisle. From 1803, until his 
death in 1829, he labored in the united congregations of Greensburg 
and Unity, in the Presbytery of Redstone, which Presbytery he joined 
April 9, 1803, and was soon after installed in the above churches, 
to which he had began to preach soon after leaving our Presbytery, 
and therefore did not present his certificate to the Presbytery of Car- 
lisle, but to the Presbytery in which he had found a field of labor. 
While in our Presbytery at the meeting at Red Oak, April 1415, 
18 H, "Mr. Speer was appointed treasurer, whose duty it shall be, to 
receive all monies collected within the bounds of the Presbytery, for 
the purpose of defraying the expenses of commissioners to the Gen- 
eral Assembly, ani for paying the postage of the extracts of their 
minutes to this Presbytery, and account with Presbytery at each ses- 
sion, for the money he may from time to time receive." He served 
in this office until October 7. 1802, when, upon his resignation, John 
P. Campbell was elected treasurer. 

Two men had applied for admission to Presbytery — the first, in 
the meeting at Cincinnati, October 7-10, 1800, concerning which ap- 
plication, this is the record : "Presbytery having maturely considered 



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the request of the congregation of Springfield, (Springdale,) relative 
to Mr. John W. Brown, found insuperable objection to taking Mr. 
Brown under probation for the gospel ministry, or even permitting 
him to exercise the functions of a public teacher, in their bounds. 
The law of the General Assembly designed to regulate their Presby- 
teries in receiving foreign clergymen, requiring certain literary ac- 
complishments as indispensable, which Mr. Brown does not possess; 
and the unfavorable reports, too extensively prevalent relative to his 
moral character, leave Presbytery no alternative, but to refuse him 
their countenance. And while they are disposed to hope the best, as 
to his personal piety, and willing as they are to treat him with all 
possible tenderness, yet finding him destitute of very important 
qualifications, and that general good report, so necessary in an evan- 
gelical teacher, think themselves not at liberty to recommend him 
to the congregation of Springfield, though in another way solicitous 
to pay every attention to thorn as a vacancy under their care." 

In the minutes of Presbytery, at Eagle Creek, October 6 8, 1801, 
there is this record, concerning the other application: "An address 
from the people of New Market, respecting the restoration of Mr. 
Robert W. Finley, formerly member of the Presbytery of Transylva- 
nia, and by them deposed was read. Presbytery having also heard 
Mr. Finley as to his desire of returning, Rasolved that longer time 
will be necessary to evidence the nature of his repentance, and heal 
the wound he has given to religion." 

In Gillet's History, it is stated, on the authority of Jame3 B. 
Finley's autobiography, that Mr. Robert W. Finley was the first 
preacher to the Presbyterian church in CLillicotho. The statement 
in the autobiography is on the 109th p:ige, and in these words: "The 
first public house, or hotel, kept in Chiliieothe, was by a man by the 
name of Benjamin Urmstedt. The first storo was kept by Mr. John 
McDougal. The first Presbyterian minister was the Rav. Ilobert W. 
Finley, and the first Methodist ministers were the Rev. Messrs Harr 
and Tiffiu." 

Dr. Moore in his History of the Presbytery of Columbus 
says: "By 1302, Washington Presbytery had thirty-two congre- 
gations and fi ve pastors. The most Northerly of these congregations 
in Ohio were at Chiliieothe and vicinity. Here Win. Speer had suc- 
ceeded Finley in 1798." 

"As I was satisfied that Finley never had been pastor at Chilii- 
eothe, I hunted up his record and received the following from the Rev. 
Leveus E l ly, Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Transylvania: '\In 
re R. W, Finley, received February 17, from Redstone Presbytery. 



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February, 1795, he is accused of drunkenness; not present, but peti- 
tions for a session meeting to be ordered, to inquire concerning him- 
self, and to try certain persons for scandal. This refused, a letter is 
handed in from him, denouncing Presbytery, and declaring his re- 
nunciation of the authority and connection. Presbytery then de- 
posed him antl declared his charge vacant. In April he appeared, 
said he misunderstood, and signed a paper, and was restored; his 
trial was ordered; July, Presbytery met at his place, sent for him 
twice. He sent word they need nit trouble themselves for he should 
not come; also sent a letter renouncing jurisdiction again. Sus- 
pended; his charges of scandal dismissed; cited to the next Presby- 
tery. October, having disregarded four citations and continuing 
to preach, he is deposed. He was pastor of Ash Ridge and Con- 
cord Churches. I find no record of his being in Ohio. 

[Signed.] Yours truly, 

L. Eddy, S. C. T. P. 

Davidson, p. 127, says: "The Rev. Robert Finley, originally from 
South Carolina, was received from Redstone Presbytery, February 
20th, 1792, with a high character, which he scon contrived to forfeit. 
Rumors of habitual inebriety coming to the ears of the Presbytery, 
they insisted on a trial. He was pertinacious for an investigation by 
a committee, and renouncing their jurisdiction, he was suspended in 
1795. He made concessions and was restored, but again proving 
contumacious, was again suspended, and continuing nevertheless to 
preach, was finally deposed October 6, 1796." 

The above being true, I certainly think it a piece of great impu- 
dence, at which I was astonished, for the Rev. James B. Finley to 
put also, in his autobiography, in a notice written by "Professor Bas- 
com, the great pulpit orator of the West," of his brother John P. 
Finley, the following which is found cn page 422: "He" (refening to 
a son of Robert W. Finley) "evinced an aptitude to learn, that in- 
duced his father, a distinguished Presbyterian clergyman, who is 
now at the ago of seventy, a Methodist traveling preacher, to give 
him a classical education." I think that the truth about the matter 
is, that after ho was deposed from the ministry, Mr. Finley lived for 
a short time in ChiJiicothe. It is certain that he never had any crB- 
cial connection with the church there, and that Wm. Speer organized 
the church and was its first pastor. Mr. Finley was received into tho 
ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1812. 

At the first meeting of Presbytery after the Synod's action in ref- 
erence to McNemar, Thompson and Dunlevy, which was at Cincin- 
nati, October 5th and 6th, 1803, the Rev. Robert Wilson, who had 



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been supplying Washington, Kentucky, was received from the Pres- 
bytery of Lexington, and continued at Washington, for one-half of 
his time, and at Germantown for one-fourth. He was descended 
from ancestors who had been driven by persecution, for their religions 
belief, from the North of Ireland to Western Virginia. Ke was Lorn 
in 1772, and, after laboring for a short time in Virginia, he came i s a 
missionary, to Kentucky in 1798, where he married and settled in 
Washington, remaining there until his death, October 31st, 1822, in 
the fiftieth year of his age. 

He was a man of great amiability and equanimity. His labors 
were greatly blessed at Washington. Through his exeitions the 
churches of Maysville and Augusta were organized, and those of 
Smyrna and Flemingsburgh owed to him their preservation, when 
they were languishing without a pastor. He was the father of the Rev- 
Robert W. Wilson, who was long after this date, pastor of the church 
at Bloomingburgh. By this time in addition to the churches and 
preaching places mentioned in the first meeting of Presbytery, a 
number more appear on the record. In the meeting at the Baptist 
meeting he use, Washington, October 24, 1799, Manchester first ap- 
pears, Mr. Campbell being appointed to preach there one Sabbath. 
In Presbytery at Cabin Creek, April 8th-10th, 1800, Beulah, North 
Liberty and Locust of Licking*, (together with Washington and 
Manchester that had appeared before) "prayed to be considered as 
vacancies under the care of Presbytery, anel that supplies might be 
granted them as frequently as possible." 

In Presbytery at Cincinnati, October 7lh — 10th, 1800, there was 
presented "A supplication from the pee>ple on the heads of Turtle 
Creek and the little Miami, to be known by the name of Bethany ;' ? 
also, "A verbal supplication from the inhabitants of Big Indian." 
These supplications were granted and some supplies appointed to 
them. Fleming also then first appears in the minutes as one of the 
vacancies to which supplies were sent. Bed Ov.h, at which Presby- 
tery appointed its next meeting, is also then first mentioned, although 
it and Fleming were both old churches. Mr. Campbell informed 
Presbytery that he now accepted a call from Union Congregation. 
In Presbytery, at Bed Oak, April 14th and 15th, 1801, Buckskin 
Creek, (now Salem.) Fairfield, and Franklinton, asked for supplies, 
through the Bev, Wm. Speer, who was appointed to spend one 
Sabbath at each. Buckhannon's on Indian Creek asked for sup- 
plies, through Mr. Dunlevy. Mr. Campbell resigned the call that 
he had accepted from Union. Fleming presented a request, signed 
by forty-eight persons, for one-third of Mr. Campbell's time, and 



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Locust presented a request signed by thirty persons requestiDg an- 
other third. These requests were granted. "Sundry persons in 
Hamilton and Big Indian congregations," (which latter had before 
appeared,) presented supplications for as many supplies as Presby- 
tery think proper. Mr. Kemper was appointed to supply one Sab- 
bath at Forks of Mad river, and one at Dayton, and Mr. NcNemar 
one at New Maiket. Turtle Creek congregation also appears for 
the first time, in a suppplication from Bethany congregation, re- 
questing "that they should be permitted to continue the use of 
their meeting-house in the place where it now stands, which was 
assented to, by a committee from Turtle Creek Congregation, and 
Presbytery granted their request. 

In Presbytery at Eagle Creek, October 6-8, Mr. Finley was 
appointed to supply Germantown and Bracken, (with Union,) at 
discretion for all his time, save one Sabbath at New Market. 
Mr. Thompson was made stated supply for one-third of his 
time, at Hamilton. Duck Creek also now first appears, Mr. 
Kemper being appointed to supply it one-third of his time for 
one year, and one-fourth at Sycamore which is also now first 
mentioned. Then in Presbytery at Washington, Kentucky, April 
13-15, 1802, "A congregation in Ross county by the name of 
Union, requested to be taken on our minutes as such. Augusta, 
Kentucky, petitioned for one-half of Mr. Finley's time for one 
year, which was granted." A settlement on White Oak asked for 
supplies, as did also Mt. Pleasant. In a discourse delivered at 
Kingston, Ohio, August 22nd, 1848, the Rev. Timothy Stearns, then 
pastor of Mount Pleasant Church, says: "In February, 1798, 
William McCoy settled six miles from Chillicoirte, on the east 
side of the Scioto River. On the first day of May, in the same 
year, James Wilson arrived in Chillicothe, and soon afteiwsrd 
removed to the banks of Congo, just above its junction with 
Sippo. During that summer a few more Presbyterian families 
settled in this region. After some consultation they erected in 
July, 1798, a meeting house. It was made of rough logs, thirty 
feet square, without any floor. The church was organized in 
that house, the latter part of August, 1798, by Rev. William Speer 
of Chillicothe. The church at its organization, consisted of four- 
teen members, six males and eight females, viz: William McCoy 
and his wife; James Wilson and his son John, and three unmar- 
ried daughters; William Craig and his wife; William Blair and 
his wife; Samuel Denny and his wife; and Margaret Denny, wife 
of David Denny." Messrs. McCoy and Wilson who were already 



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elders, were recognized as such in the new church, without a 
formal election. "Gol. John Entrekin, who was for a long time 
a ruling elder in this church, came to this region in 1789, and 
was present at the first communion season, but did not become 
a member of the church for some years. The Rev. William Speer 
was immediately engaged to preach here one- third of his time, 
and the elders became responsible to pay him one hundred dol- 
lars annually. He continued until the Spring of 1802. After he 
left, the church applied for supplies to Presbytery, and so is 
mentioned here for the first time in the minutes. 

In Presbytery at Springfield, (Springdale.) April 6-11, 1803, 
Mr. Dunlevy presented a verbal supplication from the people of 
Grallipolis and vicinity, asking to be taken notice of by Presby- 
tery, and afforded assistance. Mr. Dunlevy was appointed to 
preach at Gallipolis, one Sunday. This was not continued how- 
ever, for at the fall meeting of Presbytery, it was resolved, that 
Presbytery was not able to famish them with supplies, and they 
were directed to apply elsewhere. Pollock Run, afterwards called 
Hopewell, also first appears at this meeting, in the petition to 
have Mr. McNemar examined. 

In Presbytery at Cincinnati, October 5-6, 1803, Straight Creek, 
(now Georgetown, in Portsmouth Presbytery,) petitioned for sup- 
plies for one year, and then with Red Oak asked leave to apply 
to Ohio and West Lexington Presbyteries for supplies, which 
was granted for ODe year. A petition was also presented from 
the congregations of Duck Creek, Sycamore, and Pollock Run, 
to be united by Presbytery, the latter to be known only by the 
name of Hopewell Church, and also that Mr. Kemper be con- 
tinued their stated suppty another year, which petition was granted. 
At this time the churches and preaching places had greatly 
increased in number, but there were only five preachers belong- 
ing to the Presbytery including Mr. Wilson who was received at 
this meeting. 

At the next meeting at Red Oak, April, 4-6, 1804, another 
congregation was received, for "A verbal supplication for supplies 
from Dick's Creek was made to Presbytery, by Messrs. Kemper 
and Tichenor. It appeared that this congregation had taken 
measures for raising a congregational fund." This church is now 
called Blue Ball, and is a flourishing church in the Dayton Pres- 
bytery. At this meeting, notwithstanding the preachers were few 
and the preaching places were many, "After conferring largely on 
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Messrs. Kemper, Wilson and Robert Robb, (an elder from Cabin 
Creek,) a committee to draft a letter to the churches under their 
care, and to report to-morrow morning, and ordered that until the 
next stated meeting of Presbytery, the member- shall devote one- 
fourth of their time, or at least as much of it as may be unap- 
propriated, in the visitation of the frontier settlements, and organ- 
izing on churches through the bounds of Presbytery, and particu- 
larly that Messrs. Kemper and Wallace attend to the calls in the 
Miami settlements, and that Messrs. Finley, Campbell and Wilson 
direct their route through Brush Creek, Scioto, Eagle Creek, Red 
Oak and Straight Creek settlements, and such other places as 
seem to merit attention, on the South East side of the Ohio 
river. They aho appointed two committees, James Kemper, 
Matthew G. Wallace, Stephen Wheeler, and Samuel Reeder, or 
any three of them on the Miami; and John E. Finley, Robert 
Wilson, John P. Campbell, Robert Robb and Joseph Darling- 
ton, or any three of them, to be a second committee, to appoint, 
upon examination, in the interim of Presbytery, catechists, either 
stationary, or itinerant, who should, under direction and control 
of Presbytery, exercise the functions of that office. 

In Presbytery at the house of Mr. Buchanan, July 25, 1804, 
Robert B. Dobbins preached the opening sermon, from 1st John 
3:3. He was a probationer of the second Presbytery, of South 
Carolina, and wa3, at that meeting, received into the Presbytery 
of Washington, and appointed to supply one Sabbath at Scioto 
Salt Works, and the rest of his time, until the next meeting of 
Presbytery, at Buckskin and Mount Pleasant, with a permission 
to travel without our bounds for the term of three months. The 
elders present were Sampson McCollock, John McCabe and Matthew 
McClung. There must have been some Scotch Irish about. 

At this same meeting the Rev.' Win. Robinson was received from 
the Presbytery of West Lexington, and appointed to supply one Sab- 
bath at Mr. Runyen's, on Brush Creek, and the rest of his time at 
Beulah, Dayton and Honey Creek. The Rev. Wm. Robinson came 
from Buffalo congregation, in Pennsylvania, and August 11th, 1796, 
was ordained over Mount Pleasant and Indian Creek churches, in 
Kentucky. " In 1802 he resigned his charge and was recommended 
to the General Assembly to ride as a missionary, northwest of the 
Ohio river." — (Davidson.) 

In Presbytery, at Washington, Kentucky, October 3d and 4th, 
1804, Whitewater, Buck Creek and Seven-Mile first appear as 
preaching places. James Kemper was elected Treasurer and stated 



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clerk, in the place of J. P. Campbell. Messrs. J. E. Finley and 
Edward Harris were appointed a committee "to draft a letter to 
the session of the church of Cincinnati respecting their difficulties on 
the subject of communion, and encouraging the preaching of sus- 
pended members, and to report to-morrow morning." The nature 
of the trouble appears, in the minutes, no further than in the above. 
The letter that was prepared is not copied in the records, but there 
must have been some action taken, in the way of discipline, for at 
the next meeting of Presbytery at Hopewell church, April 3d and 4th, 
1805, it was "ordered that a committee be appointed to draft a 
letter to the church at Cincinnati, respecting their not being allowed 
a member to sit in Presbytery at present, and that Rev. Robert 
Wilson and Mr. John McConnell be that committee." At this Hope- 
well meeting the Rev. J ames Welsh was received from the Presbytery 
of West Lexington, and appointed supply for one-half of his time at 
Dayton. Mr. Welsh was licensed July 27, 1793, and recommended to 
the Synod of Virginia, as a missionary. He labored for a year in the 
bounds of the Redstone Presbytery, and declined a call in Mason 
county, Kentucky, and, February 17, 1796. was ordained pastor of 
the Lexington and Georgetown churches, in Kentucky, where he * 
remained until he came to our Presbytery. In 1799 he was appointed 
professor of Ancient Languages in Transylvania University, which 
position he rilled, in connection with his pastorate, for some years. 
He also, in order to support his family, foi a time practiced medicine- 
He was appointed by the Assembly to preach the opening sermon at 
the first meeting of the Synod of Kentucky, which met in the Presby- 
terian church in Lexington, on Tuesday, October 14th, 1802. It 
appears, however, that he did not preach it; for Davidson says: "Mr. 
Rice preached the opening sermon and was immediately after elected 
Moderator." 

This Synod was constituted of the Presbyteries of Transylvania, 
West Lexington and Washington, and was petitioned for at the first 
meeting of our Presbytery, when the Presbytery of Transylvania had 
been divided into the three above named Presbyteries. At the first 
meeting there were present seventeen ministers and thirteen elders 
There were thirty-seven ministers within its bounds. The following 
is the roll of the first meeting: "Of the Pnsbytery of Transylvania, 
ministers present: David Rice, Samuel Finley, Matt. Houston, Sam'l 
Robertson, Archibald Cameron; absent, Thomas Craighead, Terah 
Tetnplin, James Balch, James McGready, W T m. Hodge, John Bowman, 
W T m. McGee, John Rankin, Sam'l Donald, Wm. Mahon, Sam'l 
McAdow, John Howe, James Yance and Jer. Abel, Elders; Andrew 



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Wallace, James Bigham and Court Voris. Presbytery of West 
Lexington — Ministers Present: James Crawford, Samuel ShannoD, 
Isaac Tuil, Robert Marshall. James Blythe, James Welsh, Joseph P. 
Howe, Samuel Rannels, John Lyle and Wm. Robinson. Absent: Bar- 
ton W. Stone. Eiders, James Bell, Robert Maffet, Malcolm Worley, 
Wm. Scott, Joseph Walker, Wm. McConnell, Samuel Hayden and 
Wm. Henry. Presbytery of Washington — Ministers Present: James 
Kemper, John P. Campbell, Richard McNemar, John Thompson and 
John Dunlevy. Absent: John E. Finley and Matt. G. Wallace. 
Elders: Robert Grill and John Campbell. 

At the same meeting of Presbytery at Hope well, Mr. Robert B. 
Dobbins accepted a call from the churches of Buckskin and Concord. 
Franklin first appears, at this meeting, as a preaching place, Mr. 
Welsh being appointed to preach there three Sabbaths. When 
Presbytery adjourned, it was to meet at Buckskin Church, the third 
Wednesday in June, to ordain and install Mr. Dobbins, and to at- 
tend to any other business that might come up; but this intermediate 
meeting failed, since but a single member, the Rev. Robert W T ilson, 
was present, and Mr. Dobbins was not ordained and installed, until - 
October 3d, 1805. at which time the Rev. M. G. Wallace, preached the 
ordination sermon from John 12:16. Mr. Kemper presided. 

In the meantime there had been a meeting, at Straight Creek, 
August 28th and 29th, 1805, when Presbytery had received from the 
second Presbytery, of South Carolina, the Reverends Robert G. Wil- 
son, William Williamson and James Giliiland. At this meeting also 
"A number of the inhabitants on the waters of North Paint and 
Scioto, adjoining New Hope, desire to be known on our minutes by 
the name of Union Congregation." This Union which thus ap- 
peared, for the second time on the minutes, presented a call for one- 
third ol Mr. W T i!son's time, while Newhope, or Chillieothe, called 
for two-thirds. Mr. Wilson was ready to accept these calls, but it 
appeared that the congregation had not settled with Mr. Speer, 
their former pastor, who claimed $337, as still due to hira. Wm. 
Robinson and Ephraim Bates, their commissioners, being asked 
about the matter, it appeared "That on account of some peculiar 
occurrences, in the course of Mr. Speer's intercourse with these 
people, they were of opinion that he ought to make some abate- 
ment in this demand," but stated that the congregations which they 
represented, would cheerfully abide the decision of Presbytery con- 
cerning this difficulty. The consideration of this was deferred — 
until in a meeting — at Chillieothe, October 1st and 2nd, 1806, when 
the following was adopted, Mr. Speer being present, and the 



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congregations appearing by tbeir representative, Mr. Hugh Coch- 
ran, an elder from Union: "Whereas, it appeared to Presbytery, 
on due investigation to be admitted by the congregations, that 
the sum claimed by Mr. Speer, viz: $342,54, is justly due to 
him" (the before mentioned sum with interest added,) ''agreeably 
to the terms of the call by them presented to Mr. Speer, and no 
satisfactory reason assigned .by the congregations, why they should 
not comply with their solemn contract, notwithstanding Presbytery 
heartily feel for those who seem already to have borne more 
than their due proportion of the sum first engaged to their pastor, 
through the unfaithfulness of those on whom they depended for 
aid, yet seeing they did not take the only step to which the 
discipline of our church directed, viz: 'to apply to Presbytery for 
relief before the arrearages became burdensome,' Presbytery are 
therefore of opinion, that they cannot, as the matter now stands, by 
any rule of law or equity, rescind the contract made by the 
people with their minister, while they claimed and [enjoyed his 
labors. Presbytery do therefore judge that it is the duty of 
these congregations to make a common cause of this business, 
and pay to Mr. Speer the said arrearages, and do most earn- 
estly recommend to, and enjoin it on, said congregations to take 
the most prompt and efficient measures to discharge their contract." 
The congregation promptly did as they were enjoined, and re- 
ported settlement at the Spring meeting. 

At the meeting when he was received, Mr. Gilliland was ap- 
pointed Stated Supply at Straight Creek for one-third, and at Red 
Oak for two- thirds of his time, for one year. Mr. Williamson was 
appointed two Sabbaths at Cabin Creek, two at Eagle Creek, and 
the remainder of his time at discretion. When Presbytery met, at 
Buckskin, October 2nd and 3rd, 1805, a written supplication from a 
congregation desiring to be known by the name of Liberty, and 
praying for supplies; also a similar supplication from a congrega- 
tion desiring to be known by the name of Lebanon, and praying for 
one- third part of the labors of Mr. Steele, were granted. A con- 
gregation on Kinnickinnnick, one at Paddjr Run, and one at Rocky 
Fork of Paint Creek appeared, also asking supplies for the first 
time, unless which is probable, the first mentioned was Mount 
Pleasant. 

In Presbytery at Cincinnati, April, 2nd and 3rd, 1806, "The 
Stated Clerk, agreeably to our order of last session, "reported a 
history of this Presbytery, which report, after some amendment, 
was received, and on motion, Presbytery resolved, that said report 



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be committed to their Moderator, (Robert G. Wilson,) to be re- 
vised and corrected by him, and that it be his duty. beiDg fur- 
nished by the Stated Clerk with the necessary extracts from the 
Presbytery book, to insert in their proper places, the number of 
churches found in the bounds of this Presbytery at its first institu- 
tion, and the annual accession of churches, if any, down to the 
present time, and that he, as early as possible, forward said re- 
port to Dr. Green and Mr. Hazard." 

The Rev. Dr. Ashbel Green and Mr. Ebenezer Hazard, of Phila- 
delphia, had been appointed by the Assembly of 1804 to write a 
"History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of 
America." 

Honey Creek applied for one-half of Mr. Robinson's time, 
and Beulah asked for the other half. Red Oak and Straight 
Creek united in presenting a call for Mr, Gilliiand, which he 
held for consideration until the next stated meeting, as he in- 
formed Presbytery by letter, not being present. There was also 
presented a verbal supplication for supplies from Dry Fork of 
Whitewater, a preaching place now first appearing. It was or- 
dered at this meeting: That the vacancies be required to be par- 
ticular to compensate those ministers who shall be sent to them 
to supply, and report to Presbytery, what supplies they have re- 
ceived and what they have contributed, at their next stated 
meeting. 

At the Fall meeting October 1st and 2nd, 1806, at Chilli- 
cothe, James Hoge, a licentiate, from the Presbytery of Lexing- 
ton. Virginia, was received. The General Assembly, in the Spring 
of this year, had adopted the following: "Resolved that Mr. 
James Hoge be appointed a missionary for three months, in the 
State of Ohio and parts adjacent." They were for making short 
work of it, didn't think it worth while to make two bites of one 
cherry. Dr. Hoge, however, spent a good many three months, 
in Ohio, and there is, even yet, plenty of room for such men in 
this State, to say nothing of "parts adjacent." 

Orangedale presented a petition requesting to be known by 
the name of Lemon. At this meeting also, the Rev. Seth Noble, 
a minister of the Congregational church, lately from the State of 
Massachusetts, appeared before Presbytery and presented a certifi- 
cate of his regular standing, as a minister of the gospel, in that 
church, and stated to Presbytery, that other papers, more fully 
exhibiting his regular introduction to the gospel ministry, and 
good standing as a laborer in the Lord's Vineyard, are coming 



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forward with his family, wherupon the Presbytery cheerfully ad- 
mitted the Rev. Seth Noble to preach the gospel and administer 
its ordinances in their vacancies, and look forward, with pleasure 
to that time when the expected documents shall open the way, 
for a more intimate union with our body. The Presbytery 
unanimously agreed to invite Mr. Noble to a seat, as a correspond- 
ing member, who took his seat accordingly." But, notwithstand- 
ing this quainc minute, we hear no more of the Rev. Seth. 

It was also, at this meeting, "Ordered that the Stated Clerk 
forward, to Mr. Blythe, the names of Richard McNemar, John 
Dunlevy and John Thompson, (ministers deposed and continuing 
to exercise ministerial functions,) that they may be published, in 
the Assembly's Magazine, agreeably to an order of the General 
Assembly." Mr. Gilliland accepted the calls from Red Oak and 
Straight Creek, to be installed the second Wednesday of Novem- 
ber, at Red Oak, and at the house of Mr. Samuel Salisbury, Wm. 
Williamson to preach and John E. Finley to preside. This was 
attended to and Mr. Williamson preached from 2nd Corinthians, 2:16, 
Nov. 10,1806, Mr. Finley presiding. 

The appointment for supplies at this meeting was made as fol- 
lows: Finley on account of infirmities, at discretion; Gilliland, one 
Sabbath at Williamsburgh, which now appears as a preaching place 
for the first time; Williamson to supply statedly, at Manchester, 
Cabin Creek and West Union, which last is also a new preaching 
place; (the former Eagle Creek church or what remained of it 
moved into the village;) Wallace, one-third of his time, at Spring- 
field, (Springdale;) Welsh one-half at Dayton, and one-fourth at 
Franklin; Robinson one-half at Honey Creek; Steele one half at 
Lebanon, and one-quarter at Lemon; Robert Wilson one-half at 
Washington, and one-quarter at Germantown, both of which were 
in Kentucky, in Mason County. 

In the meeting at Lebanon, April 1st and 2d, 1807, " Mount 
Pleasant, formerly known on the minutes aslunnickmnick," presented 
a call for one-half of the labors of Rev. Wm. Williamson. He not 
being present, the Stated Clerk was directed to forward it, but it 
seems to have miscarried and never to have got into his hands, and at 
length, in April, 1808, at Nazareth, it was put on the minutes that, 
" as that congregation, as it is now known, is not within the bounds 
of this Presbytery, further order on the call is superseded." 
This effort having failed, as did several other efforts, to secure a 
pastor, the church had but occasional supplies, until J uly 1st, 1808, 
when the Rev. James Robinson, a member of the Ohio Presbytery, 



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took charge of the church, preaching half his time, for which he 
received $250 annually. In 1813 he began to preach to Mount 
Pleasant two- thirds of his time, and his salary was raised to $300. 
For one or two years he preached a third of his time to Union 
Church. At his own request he was dismissed from this church 
October 12, 1820. Mr. Robinson studied theology under Dr. Mc- 
Millan and was licensed by the Ohio Presbytery October 17, 1805, 
and ordained and installed by the same Presbytery at Crooked 
Creek, June 3d, 1807. That pastoral relation was dissolved April 
20, 1808. He was one of the live original members of the old 
Lancaster Presbytery, which was organized April 5, 1809. He died 
in Union county Ohio, April 23d, 1847, in the seventv-eighth year 
of his age. 

The next pastor was the Rev. Wra. Burton, who was installed 
pastor of this, and the Circleville church, September 13, 1822, and re- 
signed November 17, 1830. Mr. Burton was a graduate of Dart- 
mouth College and studied theology with his uncle the Rey. Asa 
Burton, of Thetford Vermont. The Rev Benjamin Dolbear supplied 
the church during the winter of 1830 and 31. The Rev. Augustus 
Pomeroy a graduate of Williams College and of Andover Seminary 
preached to the people from April, 1831, to April, 1832. He resided 
in Chillicothe, where he had charge of a female seminary. The church 
was supplied for a short time by the Rev. A. McFarland, for- 
merly a professor in Carlisle College and, for one year, by the 
Rev. Jame3 Bucknall. In ipril 1836, the Rev. Thomas M. 
Chestnut took charge of the church, but was not installed till 
August 31, 1838. He was dismissed at his own request February 
10, 1842. Mr. Chestnut was brought up and educated in Wash- 
ington County Pennsylvania. He afterwards preached in the 
churches of Rossville and Lexington, Indiana. 

Only four weeks after he left, the Rev. Timothy Stearns 
began preaching at Blount Pleasant, but was not installed until 
April 11, 1843. Mr. Stearns graduated, at Amherst College, in 1833, 
and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1837. He was licensed 
April 11, 1837, and ordained and installed, by the Columbus Pres- 
bytery, at Worthington, July 2. 1839. Mr. Stearns resigned 
the pastorate at Mount Pleasant April 1st 1855 and went to Mount 
Pleasant, Iowa, from which place he went to Fort Madison, Iowa, 
where he died July 19, 1861, 

The Rev. George Carpenter began preaching in Kingston, 
April 12, 1855, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Columbus, 
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. 1855, and continued preaching there until January 1st, 1867. Apri 
16, 1867, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Chillicothe. The 
Rev. W. W. McKinney began preaching at Mount Pleasant June 
1, 1867, and was installed July 12, of the same year and con- 
tinued in the pastorate of that church until it came again into 
our Presbytery in 1870. 

At the Lebanon meeting, also, petitions were presented from 
Lebanon and Lemon, praying for the ordination of Mr. Steele. 
After mature deliberation, the Presbytery judged that the request 
of the people could not be granted "consistently with the rules 
of our discipline." The request was to have him ordained as 
an evangelist, I suppose, as there is nothing said about calls 
having been presented, and "between 1764 and 1810 it seems 
to have been more or less the custom to seek the advice of 
Synod or General Assembly befoie consenting to Ordain as 
evangelists. Yet the proposition to make this consent necessary 
* was rejected by the Presbyteries, in 1810, and in 1813," (Hodge's 
Presbyterian Law, p. 387.) At this meeting, it was reported that 
the History of the Presbytery, had been revised and sent by R. 
G. Wilson to Dr. Green and Mr. Hazard. .It would appear, 
however, that this history was not complete, since Mr. Welsh and 
Mr. Robinson had not furnished the history of the part of 
Presbytery that had been assigned to them. 

Presbytery again met at Lebanon October 14 and 15, 
1807, and Nazareth, formerly known by the name of Clear Creek, 
and New market, presented a supplication for two-thirds of Mr. 
Hoge's labors, for one year, but Franklinton presented a call 
for three-fourths of his time, which he accepted and Romans 
5:10, was appointed as a text for his trial sermon, for ordination, 
to be delivered at the next meeting. He was however not or- 
dained until June 10, 1808, when W T m. . Robinson preached from 
Heb. 13:7, and Robert G. Wilson presided and gave the charge to 
pastor and people, and so began one of the longest and most use- 
ful pastorates in the State. I put the date at June 10, although, 
in Wilson's Presbyterian Almanac for 1863, p. 244, in what pur- 
ports to be an extract from Dr. Hoge's address at the'semi -centen- 
nial of the organization of the First Church of Columbus, it is stated 
that his ordination was "performed June 11 in the then new 
Court House, in Franklinton." I have also seen the same state- 
ment in print in other places, but the following is a true copy of 
the minutes of Presbytery in reference to this: "Franklinton June 
10, 1808. The Presbytery met according to appointment, and con- 



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stituted with prayer. Members present, Messrs. James Gilliland, 
Moderator, Robert G. Wilson- and William Robinson, ministers, and 
Wm. Reed ruling elder. The Rev. John Wright, a member of 
the Presbytery of Ohio, being present, on invitation took a seat as 
a corresponding member. The Rev. Robert G. Wilson was chosen 
clerk pro tern. Mr. Samuel Woods produced a dismission from the 
Presbytery of Ohio, to put himself under the care of the Presby- 
tery of Washington, to which he was recommended as a licentiate, 
regular, and in good standing. The Presbytery then proceeded to 
the ordination and installation of Mr. Hoge. An ordination ser- 
mon was preached by the Rev. William Robinson from Heb. 13:7, 
and, the Rev. Robert G. Wilson presiding, the questions directed 
in our discipline were put to Mr. Hoge, and the people, and by 
them respectively answered, in the affirmative. Mr. Hoge was then 
sat apart to the work of the gospel ministry and the pastoral 
charge of the Franklinton congregation, by prayer and the 
imposition of the hands of the Presbytery, after which a suit- 
able charge was delivered to the minister and people, and the 
congregation dismissed. Mr. Hoge was then invited to a seat in 
Presbytery, which he took accordingly. Adjourned to meet at 
this place to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, concluded with prayer. 

11th June, The Presbytery met according to adjournment and con- 
stituted with prayer; Members present as above, except Mr. Wright, 
&c, &e." (R. C. G, a true copy.) a A supplication was received and 
presented from a few people living on the head of Main Paint 
Creek, to be taken under the care of Presbytery by the name of 
New Purchase congregation," and Mr. Dobbins was appointed to 
supply them one Sabbath. Cincinnati also presented a petition 
"praying the appointment of a member to administer among 
them baptism and the Lord's Supper." There is quite a contrast 
between Cincinnati then and now; in 1807, it was but a small vil- 
lage; it was not until 1811, that its inhabitants saw a steam boat 
passing, the "New Orleans," which had just been built at Pitts- 
burgh, by Roosevelt, the agent of Fulton and Livingston, the 
first steamboat ever launched on western;- waters, which was on her 
way to Natchez and the mouth of the Mississippi. In 1819 it 
became a city, by which time it had a population of 9,873, with 
1890 houses, one-fourth of which were of brick or stone. In 1825 
it had 16,000 inhabitants and was ] then larger than Providence R. 
I., or Richmond Virginia, and was much larger than Louisville or 
Pittsburgh. 

Mr. Robinson, from the committee to draft a pastoral letter, 



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to the churches on the duty of contributing to the support of those 
who labor among them in the Gospel, assigned reasons, which were 
sustained, for not haviDg yet complied. " Whereupon Resolved: 
That on the account of the extreme delicacy of writing on this 
subject, in the present critical state of our churches, and the small 
probability of contributing to the real advantage of Christ's king- 
dom, by such a measure, the order be discontinued, and each mem- 
ber be left to use those means which may appear most prudent, to 
excite the churches, where he may be called to labor, either 
statedly, or occasionally, to the faithful discharge of their duty." 
The clerk, however, was directed to supply the vacancies with copies 
of the order requiring contributions to those ministers who supply 
them. We will see, though, that sometimes the Presbytery could 
speak with much plainness on this matter of paying, especially of 
paying arrearages. The pastoral relation existing between Mr. Kem- 
per and the chur2hes of Duck Creek and Hopewell was dissolved 
October 15, 1807. The contributions to the Missionary and Pres- 
byterial funds were called for. "The Rev. Robert G. Wilson pro- 
duced a contribution of eleven dollars and fifty cents from the 
churches of Newhope and Union for the Missionary fund. The 
Rev. Matthew G. Wallace a contribution of six dollars and thirty 
cents from the congregations of Springfield, (Springdale.) and Ham- 
ilton, to be equally divided. Mr Archibald Boyd of Cabin Creek 
contributed fifty cents for the missionary fund," and that was all. 

In the spring of 1808, April G-8, Presbytery met at Nazareth, 
(Hillsborough,) and a society on the Ohio river, opposite to Salt Lick, 
or Creek, and in the neighborhood of Moses Beard, supplicated for 
supplies. This likely, was the same society that appeared at the first 
meeting of Presbytery, under the name of Union, and was, I think, in 
Boone county, Kentucky. Joshua L. Wilson, the afterwards famous 
Dr. Wilson, of Cincinnati, from the Presbytery of Transylvania, made 
his first appearance at this meeting, and was invited to sit as a cor- 
responding member. He was not, however, received into Presbytery 
as a member until, at Chillicothe, April 4, 1810, and as his reception 
was rather curious, I will copy the minute concerning it. ik The Rev 
Joshua L. Wilson stated to Presbytery, by Mr. Vhoris, that he had 
been regularly dismissed, from the Presbytery of Transylvania, to 
join this Presbytery, but had lost the copy of his dismission, and was 
unable to attend the present meeting. He requested Presbytery, on 
verbal testimony of his dismission, to receive him as a member. 
Sufficient testimony having been adduced to prove that he has been 
regularly dismissed, Presbytery did receive him, and he is directed to 



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produce a copy of his dismission, at our next meeting," which he did. 
Samuel Woods, a licentiate from the Presbytery of Ohio, was received 
and accepted a call, for two-thirds of his time, from Liberty, where 
he was ordained and installed, June 14, 1808. The Rev. James Gil- 
liland preached the ordination sermon, from first Cor., 4:2, and the 
Kev. Wm. Robinson presided. "A petition was presented from a 
number of the inhabitants of Bath township and its vicinity for a 
part of the labors of the Rev. Wm. Robinson, and, that they may be 
known, on the minutes of Presbytery, by the name of Bath congrega- 
tion." " Beulah and Cincinnati petitioned for the administration of 
the Lord's Supper:" so that it would appear that Mr. Wilson had not 
yet settled at Cincinnati. Dr. Wilson was born in Bedford county, 
Virginia, September 22d, 1774. After his father's death the family 
settled in Kentucky. He was licensed to preach in 1802, and ordained 
in 1804, when he took charge of the churches in Bardstown and Big 
Spring. He remained pastor of the First church, Cincinnati, for 
thirty-eight years, and died August 14th, 1846. The Rev. Robert 
B. Dobbins petitioned for the dissolution of the pastoral relation 
between himself and the churches of Buckskin and Concord; "and 
Presbytery having obtained sufficient evidence that a dissolution of 
the union was necessary, did and hereby do dissolve the pastoral rela- 
tion between Mr, Dobbins and said congregations, which are hereby 
declared vacant." It was also ordered that the congregations report 
final settlement with Mr. Dobbins at the next stated meeting. These 
congregations in the meeting at Washington, June 10th, 1808, ap- 
plied for liberty to supplicate the Presbytery of Ohio for supplies. 
"Wherfore the Presbytery, remembering that these congregations are 
in arrears to their former pastor, Mr. Dobbins, which would prevent 
the settlement of a minister among them, at this time; yet, as they 
expect to discharge this debt before our Stated Session, in October 
next, ordered that their request be granted and that the Stated Clerk 
furnish them with a copy of this minute." But when Presbytery 
convened at Washington, Kentucky, October 6th and 8th, 1808, 4t a 
letter was received from Mr. David Edmiston, as representative of the 
churches of Buckskin and Concord, stating that they have not yet 
settled with Mr. Dobbins, but hope to be able to effect a settlement 
with him before our next Stated Sessions, and that notwithstanding 
this failure, they have applied to the Presbytery of Ohio for supplies, 
Presbytery are sorry that there should be any call for further indul- 
gence, in this case, but have resolved to bear with these congrega- 
tions, at their request, for six months longer, hoping they will give 
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At the next meeting at Buckskin, April 5th and 6t'h, 1809, Con- 
cord reported settlement, but Buckskin was still behind in October 
4th and 5th, 1809, when Presbytery met, at Red Oak, and was thus 
stirred up: u On inquiry it appeared that Buckskin congregation 
have not made a final settlement with Mr. Dobbins, their former 
pastor, but are still in arrears. Wherefore, ordered, that the Stated 
Clerk inform that people, that it will be expected that they will be 
able to report a final settlement with Mr. Dobbins, at our next Stated 
Session, otherwise Presbytery can no longer consider them a vacancy 
under their care." At this Red Oak meeting action was taken, also, 
in the case of Mr. Welsh, which I will introduce here, to show how 
Presbytery sometimes dealt with the ministers. At the April meeting 
Presbytery had adopted this minute: " Whereas, Mr. Welsh has not 
attended Presbytery, nor written to us, for two years past, the Stated 
Clerk is, therefore, ordered to write to him and inform him that Pres- 
bytery is not satisfied with his want of attention to this duty, and 
require his attendance at our next stated meeting." But, at the next 
meeting at Red Oak Mr. Welsh was still absent, and, "on inquiry, 
Presbytery were informed, by their Stated Clerk, that he had written 
to the Rev. Jame3 Welsh, agreeably to the order of our last Stated 
Session, and that he had lately been informed that Mr. Welsh is sick 
and unable to attend Presbytery at this time. Whereupon, Resolved: 
That although Presbytery entertain the hope that Mr. Welsh is not 
avowedly and contumaciously contemning their authority, yet, as it is 
now more than two year3 since he has either attended or written to 
Presbytery his reasons for absence, the Stated Clerk be directed 
again to write to him, informing him that Presbytery conceive it to be 
their indispensable duty to require, and, if necessary, to compel the 
attendance of its members." Mr. Welsh attended the next meeting 
and gave satisfactory reasons for his absence from former sessions 
of Presbytery. At the meeting when the relation between Mr. 
Dobbins, and Buckskin and Concord, was dissolved, it was, "on 
motion, resolved that it be a standing rule of this Presbytery, at their 
Spring session, annually, to # inquire into the manner in which the 
mutual duties of ministers and the people to whom they minister, 
have been discharged during the year preceding." 

At the meeting of Presbytery in Washington, Kentucky, October 
6th and 7th. 1808, "a number of people on Hockhocking and 
Walnut Creek, (having obtained leave of the Presbytery of Ohio,) 
petitioned for one- fourth of the ministerial labors of the Rev. James 
Hoge, for one year." In Presbytery at Buckskin, April 5th and 6th, 
1809. " a society on the waters of Buckskin and the North Fork of 



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Paint Creek requested Presbytery to take th«m under their care and 
grant thein supplies; the name which they have assumed is Pisgah. 
''The congregations of Red Oak and Straight Creek, being convinced 
that the house of worship built for the reception of Straight Creek 
congregation, was placed too near to Red Oak, agreed to build on a 
more distant spot, which placed many of the former members of 
Straight Creek more convenient to Red Oak than the plan contem- 
plated. Red Oak therefore desires an increased proportion of Mr. 
Grilliland's ministerial labors proportionate to their increased strength, 
whereupon the said congregations and Mi. Gilliland, the pastor ? 
request the Presbytery to dissolve the former relation so far as to 
enable Red Oak alone to prefer a call for three-fourths of the pastoral 
labors of Mr. Gilliland, which request was granted, and Straight 
Creek was declared vacant." Straight Creek then asked for supplies, 
and Mr. Gilliland was appointed for one Sabbath. Straight Creek 
does not seem to have got much out of that division. At this meet- 
ing a letter was received from Mr. Isaac Cook, stating his desire to be 
received as a candidate for the Gospel ministry, without a classical 
education. After reading and considering Mr. Cook's letter "the 
Presbytery were of opinion that they have not the power of dispens- 
ing with the provisions of the constitution of our church, on that 
subject: that however willing they might be to gratify the inclination 
of one who appears desirous to promote the interests of religion, yet 
they do not think it expedient to offer encouragement to him, as a 
candidate for the gospel ministry, in the present circumstances/ ' 
The name of the congregation of Big Indian was changed to Smyrna, 
also, at this meeting. 

At the meeting of Presbytery, in Red Oak church, October 4th 
and 5th 1809, " a number of people on the Rattlesnake Fork of Paint 
Creek, wishing to be known by the name of Rocky Spring Congrega- 
tion, petitioned to be taken under our care and receive supplies;" 
Smyrna and Williamsburg petitioned, each for one-half the labors of 
Mr. Dobbins for one year; Yellow Spring "petitioned verbally to be 
taken under our care, and to be supplied," and the Rev. Wm. Robin- 
son was appointed to supply them two Sabbaths. " The Presbytery 
being authorized, by the General Assembly, to appoint a missionary, 
for three months, within their bounds, and not being able to procure 
one for so long a time, appointed the Revs. Messrs. Wm. Williamson 
and James Gilliland each to ride as a missionary, for six weeks, 
agreeably to the directions of the Committee of Missions." " Agreea- 
bly to a special order of the General Assembly, on that subject, Pres- 
bytery enjoined on the several church sessions under their care, that 



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they send forward their session books, for the inspection of Presby- 
tery at their Spring sessions, annually. It is moreover enjoined on 
the several church sessions, under our care, that they carefully attend, 
without delay, to the instruction and government of the baptized 
youth under their care, and be ready to render an account to Presby- 
tery, annually, of their faithfulness in this matter." At this meeting 
also, " the question respecting a Theological School, laid before the 
Presbytery, by the General Assembly, was read and considered. 
Whereupon, resolved: In order that the members may have time to 
deliberate and make up their minds more fully on a subject of so 
much importance, the farther consideration of said question be 
deferred until our next stated meeting." It was also resolved unani- 
mously, "that application be made to Synod, at their next stated 
session for a division of this Presbytery by a line which bounds the 
Virginia military reserve, westward, and from the mouth of the Little 
Miami, by the Ohio river to the mouth of Licking, and that the 
division eastward be known by the name of the Presbytery of Scioto, 
and that the division westward of this line be known by the name of 
the Presbytery of Miami." It will be remembered that the Presbytery 
originally included that part of Kentucky lying northeast of Main 
Licking and the settlements on the northwest side of the Ohio river. 

When Presbytery next met, which was at Chilllicothe April 
4th and 5th, 1810, "The consideration of the proposals of the 
General Assembly respecting theological schools, deferred, by 
the Presbytery, at their session of October last, was resumed 
and a motion being made and seconded, that it be giveD, as 
the opinion of this Presbytery that one school is most eligible, 
the Presbytery, after mature consideration agreed; presuming 
that should the proposed plan be carried into effect, the rights 
of Presbyteries, respecting the receiving of candidates for the 
ministry, examining them, and judging of their qualifications for 
licensure will remain inviolate." This movement resulted in the 
establishment of the Theological Seminary at Princeton, in 1812, 
which was accommodated in the college buildings until suitable 
ones could be erected, all rights being left in the Presbyter- 
ies, where this Presbytery wisely presumed they should be, 
William Speer D. D. in his work on the Great Revival of 1800, 
published by our Board, says: "The Great Revival of 1800 
created an immense demand for ministers. The Synod of Vir- 
ginia in 1798 enlarged Liberty Hall into Washington Academy. 
In Kentucky and Tennessee the rising interest gave existence 
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later scores of new congregations demanded pastors, which 
could not be at once supplied, it led, in the end, to the intro- 
duction of aneducated and incapable men into the pulpit and 
to the painful schism of the "Cumberland Presbyterian church" 
from the parent body. In Western Pennsylvania it begat Jef- 
ferson and Washington colleges;" "somewhat - later Alleghany 
College; and in New York in 1796, Union College, which has 
always been essentially Presbyterian; and in 1812 Hamilton Col- 
lege. In Ohio, Miami University, at Oxford, was established in 
1809; Ohio University, at Athens, in 1804, each aided by public 
grants of land, but Presbyterian in their origin. But the most 
marked advance in , ministerial education was the determination 
of the General Assembly," kt to erect a Theological Seminary." 
He also says that one of the incitements to its establishment 
was the success of the Seminary established by Dr. John M. 
Mason, put in operation in 1805, which was the model also of 
the earliest Congregational Seminary at Anclover, Mass. 

At the Chillicothe meeting, April 4th and 5th, 1810, Daniel 
Hayden, a licentiate, from the Presbytery of Erie, was recieved. 
Duck Creek and Hopewell presented calls for him, which he 
accepted, and parts of trial were assigned him; for sermon, 
Phil. 2: 12,13, for lecture, Hebrews 6: 1-6. Daniel Hayden 
was born April 9, 1781, in Western Pennsylvania. He graduated 
at Jefferson College in 1805. After his graduation, for about 
three years, he h'ad charge of Greensburgh Academy, then he 
was licensed, by the Presbytery of Erie. He died August 27th, 
1835. He was an eminently faithful and zealous minister. A 
people in Dearborn, Indiana Territory, and a people in the Big 
bottom on the Scioto river, also the people at Alexandria and 
the mouth of Tyger Creek, requested to be taken under the 
care of Presbytery, and petitioned for supplies. "A number of 
people on Sunfish, requested to be considered as a congregation 
under the care of Presbytery and petitioned for supplies." 

In Presbytery at Cincinnati, October 3-5, 1810, the Bev. 
Nicholas Pittinger was received from the Presbytery of 
Hartford, and accepted calls from Nazareth, Bocky Spring and 
New Market, each for one-third of the time. He was installed 
November 21, 1810. The Bev. Win. Williamson preached the 
ordination sermon from 2nd Corinthians 5:20, first clause; tl e 
Bev. Bobert G. Wilson presided and gave the charge to pastor 
and people; the Beverends James Gilliland and 11. B. Dobbins, 
were also present. At this meeting also, in Cincinnati, Buckskin, 



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Concord and Pisgah were granted liberty to present calls to Mr. 
James Henry Dickey, a licentiate of the Presbytery • of West 
Lexington. The Rev. Samuel Baldridge was received from the 
Presbytery of Abingdon, and appointed to supply, one-half his 
time, on Whitewater, and the other half at Lawrenceburgh and 
its vicinity. This is the first time that Lawrenceburgh appears 
in the minutes. Joseph McMurray, on behalf of the church of 
Cincinnati, of which church he was an elder, petitioned for the 
ministerial labors of the Rev, Joshua L. Wilson, for one year as 
stated supply, which petition was granted. 

At this meeting supplies were appointed, as follows: "That 
John E. Finley ride and supply at discretion; that Robert G. 
Wilson supply the churches and destitute settlements on Scioto, 
below Chiliicothe and between Scioto and Paint Creek; Mr. Welsh, 
to supply statedly at Dayton and spend four days in the desti- 
tute settlements westwardly of Dayton, as far as Eaton and its 
vicinity, also preach two days and moderate the session at Honey 
Creek and two days at the Yellow Spring; Mr. Williamson to 
supply statedly at' Cabin Creek, Manchester and West Union, and 
spend eight days on the Ohio river, above Manchester; Mr. Kem- 
per to spend eight days between Ohio and Licking rivers east of 
the road from Maysville to Lexington: Mr. Gilliland to spend 
eight days on Straight Creek, White Oak, Eagle Creek and 
Brush Creek; Mr. Robinson to spend eight days at Deerfield, and 
on Todd's Fork as high as Sewels, and on Obanion and the rest 
of his time at discretion; Mr. Wallace to supply statedly, for one 
year, at Hamilton, Dick's Creek, and Seven Mile, and to spend 
eight days on Indian Creek, and the settlements between said 
creek and the big Miami; Mr. Robert Wilson eight days between 
Ohio and Licking west of the road from Maysville to Lexington; 
Mr. Joshua Wilson to supply statedly, for one year, in Cincin- 
nati, and to preach two days and administer the Lord's Supper 
at Springfield, (Springdale,) and to preach six days to the desti- 
tute settlements on and near the Ohio, below the Little Miami; 
Mr. Dobbins, to travel and preach eight days between White Oak 
and Little Miami; Mr. Hoge, on Scioto river between Franklinton 
and Chiliicothe, and on the waters of Darby and Deer Creek; 
Mr. Woods on the heads of Mad river, the eastern head-waters of 
Little Miami, and on Deer Creek; Mr. Pittinger on the head- 
waters of Paint Creek and Sunfish: Mr. Baldridge to supply one- 
half the time, at Mr. Allen's on Whitewater, and the other half 
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in destitute settlements near and up Whitewater; Mr. Hayden 
two days, at Springfield, (Springdale,) two at Wallsmith, and four 
at Skeles and the destitute settlements east of the little Miami; 
Mr. Steele to supply statedly one-half his time at Honey Greek, 
and the remainder in the destitute settlements in that vicinity. 

An intermediate meeting was appointed at Duck Creek, on 
the Friday preceding the third Sabbath of November, 1810, for 
the purpose of ordaining Mr. Hayden: the Rev. Joshua L. Wil- 
son was appointed to preach the ordination sermon, and the Rev. 
Matthew G. Wallace to preside and give the charge. For Mis- 
sionary purposes the treasurer reported "From Williamsburgh and 
Smyrna $8.20: from Chillicothe and Union $14.62}; from Frank- 
linton $5.75; from Red Oak $1.8.00; from Cabin Creek $3.00; Man- 
chester $4.00; West Union $4,62|; Germantown (Ky.) $6.00. Wash- 
ington Ky. $1.75 — in all — $85.95, which was to bo delivered to 
the Treasurer of Synod. "On motion it was resolved that Pres- 
bytery do again apply to Synod for a division; and that the line 
of division be the same that was agreed to at the Rei Oak Ses- 
sion." 

At this time, 1810, there were in the whole Presbyterian 
church, in the United States, 434 ministers, 772 churches, 28,901 
communicants and the benevolent contributions were $5,429. In 
1803 there were 189 ministers, 449 churches 29,000 communicants; 
and, contributions, for benevolent purposes, $2,500. 



CHAPTER III. 



When Presbytery met at Hillsborough, in the session of April 
3d and 4th, 1811, the Synod had granted their petition and had 
divided the Presbytery, forming the new Presbytery of Miami, bnt 
leaving our Presbytery still its old name. At the same time the 
Synod divided Transylvania Presbytery into three, viz.: West Tennes- 
see, Muhlenberg and Transylvania. The Synod then, after divisions, 
consisted of six Presbyteries. The minutes of the Hillsborough 
meeting begin with: "The Synod of Kentuckv, at their October ses- 
sion, 1810, having directed that the line bounding the Virginia Mili- 
tary reserve westwardly and the Ohio river, from the mouth of the 
Little Miami to the mouth of Licking, should lay off into a separate 
Presbytery, the Rev. Messrs. James Welsh, Wm. Robinson, Matthew 
G. Wallace, Joshua L. Wilson and Samuel Baldridge. together with 
the licentiates, Archibald Steele and Daniel Hayden, formerly of this 
Presbytery, and that the remaining members should meet on the 
adjournment made at Cincinnati last October, and that the Presby- 
tery be opened by the Rev. Robert G. Wilson, or, in the case of his 
absence, by the senior member present." Therefore the Presbytery 
of Washington met at Hillsborough, April 3, 1811. Dr. Wilson was 
present and preached from Exodus 20:24, last ciause. The members 
remaining after the erection of the new Presbytery were Robert G. 
Wilson, pastor at Chillicothe; Wm. Williamson, stated supply at 
Cabin Creek, Manchester and West Union; James Gilliland, pastor at 
Red Oik: Nicholas Pittinger, pastor at Hillsborough, New Market 
and Rooky Spring; James Hoge, pastor at Franklintoa; Samuel 
Woods, pastor at Liberty; John E. Finley, without regular charge, 
supplying at discretion; James Kemper, at Fleming and Johnston's 
Fork, Kentucky; Robert Wilson, stated supply at Washington and 
Germantown, Kentucky; Robert B. Dobbins, supply at Smyrna and 
Williamsburgh. James Henry Dickey, a licentiate, was received 
from West Lexington Presbytery, at this meeting. He had accepted 
calls from Buckskin, Concord and Pisgah. The last clause of the 
first verse of the first chapter of second Peter was given him for a text 
for a sermon; and Gal. 4: 1-7, for a lecture, as parts of trial, for ordi- 
nation, to be delivered at the next meeting, at Rocky Spring. These, 
when delivered, were sustained, as was. also, his examination on the- 
ology, &o., and his installation was appointed for the fourth Wednes- 
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Robert G. Wilson to preside. The ordination accordingly took place 
August 23, 1811, and he was installed pastor of these three churches, 
giving one-third of his time to each. At the Hillsborough meeting 
Mr. Kemper was dismissed to West Lexington Presbytery, the 
churches of which he had charge haying been put into t"hat Presby- 
tery by Synod. The second day's meeting, April 4th, was at the 
house of Richard Evans, Esq. Presbytery then often held part of 
their sessions at private houses, adjourning from the, church. 

( In Presbytery at Manchester, October 3d and 4th, 1811, "a settle- 
ment on the waters of Deer Creek, which desires to be known by the 
name of Oak Run, and a settlement on the Ohio river, opposite the 
Ohio Salt Works, wishing to be known by the name of Sandy Spring 
Congregation, petitioned to be taken under the care of this Presby- 
tery, and to receive supplies," Also, " a number of the inhabitants 
of Fayette county petitioned for supplies." "A people residing in 
the vicinity of Fish Lake requested that the sacrament of the Lord's 
Supper be administered in that neighborhood, as soon as convenient." 
Smyrna presented a call for the Rev. Mr. Dobbins, half of his time, 
which he accepted, but the installation was deferred. " The congre- 
gation of Newhope, now known by the name of the First Presbyte- 
rian Church in Chillicothe, petitioned to be allowed the whole of the 
ministerial labors of the Rev. Robert G. Wilson, their present pastor, 
and that, in order to this, the pastoral relation between Mr. Wilson 
and the congregation of Union be dissolved. Mr. Dickey was there- 
fore ordered to give notice of this to the congregation and cite them 
to appear, at our next stated session, to show cause, if any they have, 
why the prayer of said petition, may not be granted." 

At the next meeting, which was in Chillicothe, April 1st and 2d, 
1812, "the prayer of the petition was granted, so that from and after 
the first day of June the Rev. Robert G. Wilson is dismissed from 
the pastoral charge of Union congregation and directed to devote the 
whole of his ministerial labors to the First Presbyterian congregation 
in Chillicothe." 

The money reported at the Manchester meeting, for missionary 
purposes, was one hundred and three dollars and eighty-seven and a 
half cents, an increase that no doubt the Presbytery congratulated 
themselves upon, especially since now, the Miami Presbytery having 
been laid off, though fewer in number, they gave much more than 
before. It was also now ordered 11 that, at each Spring meeting, each 
member of Presbytery, who is settled by a call, or as stated supply, 
shall contribute thirty- three and a third cents on every hundred dol- 
lars promised to him for his annual support, and that all the other 



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members, whether preachers, or lay-members, shall, at. each Spring 
meeting, be requested to contribute according to their several abili- 
ties and inclinations, to a Presbyterial fund, and that as soon as the 
money raised by these means will, after meeting other Presbyterial 
expenses, enable the Presbytery to pay for the printing of some 
small religious tracts; the profit arising from the sale of such tracts 
shall be added to the fund." " The members of Presbytery then con- 
tributed to the fund seven dollars and thirty- seven and a half cents, 
out of which the treasurer was ordered to pay eighty-seven and a 
half cents for a Presbytery book, and to defray our quota of Synod- 
ical expense." This first contribution was not to take into considera- 
tion the assessment, but each member was left free to give as he was 
able and inclined. 

"On motion, it was resolved that the Stated Clerk of this Presby- 
tery be ordered to give notice to the Synod of Kentucky that the 
Presbyteries of Washington and Miami, with the Presbytery of New 
Lancaster, under the care of the Synod of Pittsburgh, will apply to 
the next General Assembly to form them into a New Synod." They 
also appointed the Rev. Robert Wilson a missionary for one month, 
in that part of the Presbytery which lies within the State of Kentucky, 
and the Kev. Robert Dobbins for one month, "to be spent on Todd's 
Fork, Oak Run, and Washington, Fayette county, (now first men- 
tioned,) and the neighboring settlements." 

At the meeting in Chillicothe, April 1-2, 1812, West Union, 
Manchester and Cabin Creek presented calls each for one-third of 
the Rev. Mr. Williamson's time, which calls he accepted, and the 
fourth Wednesday of August, which was the twenty-sixth of that 
month, was appointed for his installation. James Gilliland to 
preach, and Robert Wilson to preside. Robert B. Dobbins was 
also on the committee, it being then the custom to appoint a 
third man to act as the alternate of either who should fail to be 
present. 

"A petition was presented by the inhabitants of Hamilton 
township, Warren county, praying to be known on the minutes 
of Presbytery, by the name of Bethel congregation, and to receive 
supplies." "A petition also from a settlement, on White Oak 
Creek, desiring to be known by the name of Nottingham, and 
praying to have supplies and the administration of the Lord's 
Supper, was handed in and read." 

"The congregation of Harmony verbally petitioned, for sup- 
plies and the administration of the Lord's Supper." 

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ing to be known by the name of Washington congregation and 
praying for supplies was handed in and read. Also a petition 
was handed in from a settlement, on White Oak, Highland 
county, praying to be known on our minutes, by the name of 
the Presbyterian church of White Oak and to be allowed the 
one-fourth of the ministerial labors of the Eev. John Boyd for 
one year." Mr. Boyd was received from the Presbytery of 
Lancaster, at this meeting, and made stated supply at 
Straight Creek, for one-half of his time. Messrs. Robert G. 
Wilson and Win. Williamson, were made a committee to draft 
a petition, to the General Assembly, praying the erection of a 
new Synod to be composed of I he Presbyteries of Miami, Lan- 
caster and Washington, which they did and the petition was 
ordered to be sent. The Presbytery also voted against making 
such change, in the constitution of the church as would make it 
their duty, before ordaining a candidate as an evangelist, to 
ask advice of Synod or General Assembly thinking it "inexpe 
dient and unnecessary to adopt any additional rules on this sub- 
ject." 

In Presbytery, at Red Oak, October 7-8, 1812, the com- 
mittee previously appointed reported that they had installed the 
Rev. Robert B. Dobbins, pastor at Smyrna and Williamsburgh, 
on the 29th of June. The Rey. John Boyd preached the ser- 
mon from 2nd Cor. 6:1. The Rev. Nicholas Pittinger presided 
and gave the charge. 

At Rocky Spring April 7-8, 1813, Presbytery again sent a 
petition for a new Synod and reported nine hundred and one 
communicants in their churches, eighty-four of whom had been 
received that year; there were fourteen adults and one hundred 
and sixty-two infants baptized. Robert G. Wilson, James H 
Dickey and elder Samuel Finley, were appointed a committee to 
draft a plan for a Bible Society. Some settlers on Sunfish 
petitioned, praying for supplies. 

In Presbytery at Washington, Kentucky, October 5-7, 1813, 
the Rev. John Andrews, who had been present, at the last 
meeting, as a corresponding member, was received from th© 
Presbytery of West Lexington. At this, as well as at the pre- 
vious meeting, each member was appointed to give ten days in 
Missionary work and the places where the work was to be done 
were specified. The plan for a Bible Society, presented by the 
committee appointed before, was adopted. "The Scioto .Bible 
Society," was tiie name chosen. A meeting was appointed at 



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West Union, "the last Wednesday, in next January, to 
be opened, with a sermon, by the Rev. Ja^ines Gillil- 
and," who was to preside until officers were chosen. R. G. Wil- 
son, John Andrews and Samuel Finley, elder, were appointed a 
committee to prepare subscription papers and have the constitu- 
tion printed and circulated as extensively as possible. The Rev. 
James Gilliland had, when attending the meeting, of the Gen- 
eral Assembly, bought, for the Presbytery, from Dr. Romeyne, 
and Bradford, books and tracts, costing twenty dollars and forty 
two cents, with charge of fifty cents for box and three dollars 
thirty three and a third cents fur carriage, and now these books 
were divided. As this division is curious and interesting, I copy 
it from the minutes. "Of the 50 copies of 'The report of the 
committee, on the disciplining of baptized children,' Messrs. John 
E. Finley and John Andrews, having no pastoral charge, and 
not being in the habit of supplying in the vacancies, that they 
be allowed each one copy, and that the other members of Pres- 
bytery, be allowed four copies and that the remaining copies be 
distributed among the vacancies. Of 24 'Buck's Enquiries,' one 
to be allowed to Mr. Finley and one to Mr. Andrews, and two 
to each of the other members, and the remaining copies to Bethel 
and Alexandria congregations. Of the 36 dozen tracts, three 
copies be allowed Mr. Finley and three Mr. Andrews, and 39 
copies to each of the other members. That the two copies of 
'Zion's Pilgrim' and the three copies of the 'Village Sermons,' 
be committed to Mr. Gilliland, to sell, at the Philadelphia price. Of 
the 'Sermons to Children,' 'World Displayed,' 'Yhit to the 
House of Mourning,' 'Walks of Usefulness' and 'Force of Truth* 
one be allowed to each of the members." Thus far the distri- 
bution was made, by Mr. Williamson; then, on motion, it was 
resolved that the remaining copies of the "Report 
of the committee on the disciplining of baptized children" 
be forwarded to Mr, Josiah Morton, Alexandria; Mr. Hampton 
Big Bottom; Major Samuel Waddle, Washington; Major James 

Withroe, Oak Run; David Bay, Harmony; Union; Mr. 

Isaac Spence, Bethel; to each one a copy." It was the duty of 
the members to sell the books, at retail Philadelphia prices, and 
the tracts at 25 cents per dozen, %ut when they found any per- 
sons desiring to read but unable to purchase, they were either 
to lend, or give as they thought expedient, and give account to 
Presbytery, of what they did. Any money got from sales, was 
to bo put ia the Presbyterial fund. It was ordered that the 



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members of Presbytery, as directed by the General Assembly, 
make inquiry respecting families destitute of the Holy Sciip- 
tures and report, in writing to the next stated meeting. When 
these reports came in, it was found that some families were thus 
destitute, but not so many but that tho Presbytery thought they 
could, without outside help, supply them. • 

At the meeting in Buckskin church April 6-8, 1814, the Rev. • 
Samuel Baldridge was received again into Presbytery, on a cer- 
tificate from the Presbytery of Miami. At the meeting at Concord 
October 11-13, of the same year, he was made stated supply at 
Washington for half, and at London for one-quarter of his time, 
and in Presbytery ai; West Union April 8-9, 1818 was dismissed to 
the Presbytery of Lancaster. John Poage Campbell was received 
again, from the Presbytery of West Lexington. "A people at the 
head of Straight Creek and the West Fork of Brush Creek, desiring 
to be known by the name of Hopewell, petitioned for Supplies." 
The term of eight days for missionary work was again restored. 
''On motion it was resolved: That the Stated Clerk be directed to 
write a letter to the General Assembly, again urging the division of 
the Synod of Kentucky and the making of a new Synod/' 

At the meeting of the Assembly in 1813, ^hen the Pres- 
byteries of New Lancaster, Washington and Miami had petitioned, 
for this division, the Assembly did not feel at liberty to make 
an immediate division of the Synod, because the Synod itself 
had decided against the request of the petitioners, but it was 
"Resolved that the Assembly recommend, to the Synod of Ken- 
tucky, to reconsider their proceeding * n * m ' s ease, and if 
consistent with their views of the interests of the churches, within 
their bounds, to take, at their next meeting, th© order necessary to 
open the way for a division of said Synod by the General Assembly, 
or otherwise to exhibit to the next Assembly, their reasons against 
the division. When, therefore, the Assembly met in 1814, the fol- 
lowing action was taken: "The committee to which were referred 
the petition of the Presbytery of Lancaster, for the division of the 
Synod of Kentucky and a resolution of the Synod on the same sub- 
ject, reported in favor of the petition; and it was "Resolved, by 
the Assembly, that the Presbytery of Lancaster be separated 
from the Synod of Pittsburgh, and the Presbyteries of 
Washington and Miami be separated from the Synod of Ken- 
tucky, and be erected into a new Synod, and be called by the name 
of the Synod of Ohio, to meet at Cbillicothe on the last Thursday 
of October next; that the Rev. Robert G. Wilson, or in case of his 

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absence, the senior minister present, open the Synod with a ser- 
mon and preside till a new Moderator be chosen." Minutes 1814. 
The Synod had 29 ministers and 81 congregations. The Presby- 
tery of Washington had 13 ministers and 28 congregations. In 
the "Narrative of the State of Religion." presented to the Assem- 
bly, the same year, it is stated that, "During the year past, Bible 
Societies have greatly increased in number and utility. Few dis- 
tricts of our country are now without them." Davidson says that 
in 1814. "Messrs-. Daniel Smith and Samuel J. Mills visited Ken- 
tucky aLd the South West," "with a view to distribute copies of 
the Holy Scriptures, to form Bible Societies, and to organize 
churches. It may give a vivid idea of the destitution of the 
means of grace which fell under their observation, to state that 
they spent two Sabbaths in a certain town in Kentucky, then 
containing two or three thousand inhabitants, without being able 
to collect a congregation for the worship of God. The negroes 
were standing in groups in the streets, laughing and swearing; 
the boys playing and hallooing: the men in the outskirts of the 
town, shooting at pigeons, of which immense flocks were flying 
over the place; the more respectable class of gentlemen riding out 
for amusement. In short, the only peculiar mark of attention by 
which the Sabbath day was distinguished, was, that there was 
more noise, more profanity, and more wickedness, than on any 
other day of the seven. It is gratifying however to be able to add, 
that ten years afterward there were three large and flourishing 
churches planted in that very town." 

At the Buckskin meeting, also. Presbytery ordered that one 
thousand copies of Lyman Beecher's sermon on Reformation of 
Morals. Practicable and Necessary," should be printed and dis- 
tributed among the members, to be sold and the money put into 
the Presbyterial fund, which, it will be remembered, was to be 
partly used for publishing religious tracts, &e. At Concord, 
October 11 13, ]«14, James Hoge paid to the Treasurer one dollar, 
the amount of his annual contribution to the Presbyterial fund, 
which would make it appear that the sum annually promised him 
was three hundred dollars. In another place I find that James 
Gilliland. Robert B. Dobbins, Nicholas Pittinger, Wm. Williamson 
James H. Dickey and John Boyd, each paid one dollar; from 
which it would appear that three hundred dollars was a very fash- 
ionable salary, in this Presbytery. Indeed the only variation was 
that R. G. Wilson paid two dollars, and J. Andrews, who was not 
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five cents. An Inquiry was made at the Concord meeting: "If a 
ruling elder should depart from one church and join some other 
without notifying the church to which he belongs, what is the 
duty of the session concerning him ?" To which Presbytery gave the 
very brief but comprehensive and explicit answer, ''Suspend him."' 
They did not always, however, give such answer as this, for in ses- 
sion at Red Oak, April 1816, the following question was proposed- 
"Is it proper to give a person a certificate of his good standing in 
the church, who lives near the meeting house and is not going to 
move away into another congregation?" To which Presbytery 
answered, "That any person applying for a certificate, who is 
entitled to one, may and ought to have it, provided the session 
think it necessary." I do not know what the inquirer thought of 
the answer, though to me it seems only to decide that living near 
a meeting house, and persisting in it, will not necessarily keep a 
man from getting a certificate. 

At Nazareth, April 5-6, 1815, Red Oak's call for three- fourths of 
of Mr. Gilliland's time was withdrawn and' a call for his whole 
time was presented and accepted. "A petition from the inhabitants 
in and around Bainbridge, on Paint Creek, praying to be known 
on our minutes by the name of Paint congregation, and to have 
appointed them as many supplies as possible was presented and 
read," and Mr. Grilliland and Mr. Williamson were directed to "put 
in, each, two days of their missionary tour, in that place." Mr. 
Andrew W. Poage was taken under care of Presbytery as a candi- 
date and was given as a subject for Latin exegesis: "De Statu 
animae post corporis mortem." Mr. Poage attended the succeeding 
meetings of Presbytery, passing his various trials, went to Prince- 
ton one year and was licensed xiugust 7, 1817, in Presbytery at 
Rocky Spring. His trial sermon was from Eph. 2:8. 

The Presbytery held a meeting at Chillicothe, October 17-25, 
1815. This meeting lasted from Tuesday until the next Wednesday, 
though there were no sessions Saturday or Sabbath, which I presume 
were given to devotional services, though it is a curious fact that 
there is nothing said in the minutes about this, merely the fact of 
adjournment from Friday until Monday being noted. At this meet- 
ing the death of the Rev. Samuel Woods was reported. Mr. Woods 
was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, was a brother of the 
Rev. Wm. Woods, who, from 1797 to 1830, was a pastor in Allegheny 
county, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in 
1802, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Ohio, October 17, 1805. 
At the time of his death he was pastor of Liberty, on Darby, Dela- 



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ware county. He was in his 37bh year when he died, April 27, 1815. 
II) preached Sabbath 13th. and on the evening of the 18th was taken 
with pleurisy, which baffled all medical aid. His funeral was at- 
tended by the Rev. Jama 3 Hughes, of Urbana. It was ordered, also, 
at thU meeting, "that, whereas, the General Assembly did, at their 
last meeting, set off the tract of country between Licking- and the 
Ohio rivers to the Presbytery of West Lexington and Synod of Ken- 
tucky, a dismission and recommendation of the Rev. Robert Wilson? 
as a member in good standing, be forwarded to him by the Stated 
Clerk." 

Mr. Wilson was born in Western Virginia in 1772. He came to 
Kentucky as a missionary in 1793, and on the expiration of his mis- 
sionary work, married and settled in Washington, where he remained 
till his death, October 31, 1822. He was an able and estimable man, 
and while his labors were greatly blessed in his own charge, " it was 
through his unwearied exertions that the churches of Augusta and 
Maysville were organized; and those of Smyrna and^ Flemingsburg 
owed t j him their preservation when languishing without a pastor.' 1 

The Assembly had, on petition of the Synod of Ohio, made the 
Ohio river the dividing line between the Synods of Ohio and Ken- 
tucky. The action or the Assembly, as recorded in the. minutes of 
1815, was as follows: ''A petition from the Synod of Ohio, praying 
that an alteration of the.line dividing that Synod from the Synod of 
Keatueky, so that the Ohio river shall be the line dividing the two 
aforesaid Synods, was overtured. The prayer of the petition was 
grantei, it being understood that the connection now subsisting 
between the congregations of Cabin Creek and the Rev. William 
Williamson be not thereby affected, agreeably to the petition of the 
elders of said congregation, which had been forwarded to the Assem- 
bly and read." 

"It was ordered that Treacle's Creek be known on our records 
as a congregation, instead of Harmony." Micaiah Fairfield, a licen- 
tiate of the Presbytery of Ohio, was appointed to itinerate as a 
missionary within our bounds, for three months, and report to the 
Committee of Missions." 

At Red Oak, April 3d and 4th, 1816, London, Treacle's Creek, 
Paint and Bethel, petitioned for supplies. Union presented a peti- 
tion, praying 45 to be permitted to continue among them, for one vear, 
the ministerial labors of the Rev. Wm. Jones, of the Presbytery of 
Lancaster," which was granted. "On motion, resolved, that the 
congregation of Nazareth, which has moved its place of worship to 
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name of the First Presbyterian Church of Hillsborough." The Rev. 
Samuel Baldridge was made stated supply at Treacle's Creek and 
London. The Rev. John Ro} T d was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Miami. He had preached at Straight Creek and White Oak most 
of the time that he was member of Presbytery, generally preaching 
at Straight Creek half of the time and at White Oak one-fourth. He 
died at Indian Creek, near Hamilton, August 20, 1816, in the forty - 
eighth year of his ago. He was sick about two weeks with bilious 
fever. Matthew G. Wallace preached at his funeral from Rev. 14:13, 
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord." He was very acceptable 
to the Indian Creek congregation, who deeply lamented his loss. He 
left a wife and eight children. 

''The Presbytery having engaged to support Mr. Wm. C. Blair, a 
pious young man, while obtaining a collegiate education at Wash- 
ington College, Pennsylvania, where his expenses will probably be 
not less than two hundred dollars per annum, it was determined, by 
vote, that each settled member of Presbytery be held bound for eight 
dollars out of each hundred of salary promised, to be paid annually 
to the Presbyteiial treasury, so long as it may be needed for the 
above purpose." This of coarse they expected to collect, in great 
part, from their congregations. Do we give that much now to the 
Board of Education? 

The Presbytery seem, however, to have found that assessment 
rather large, for at the meeting held at " Buckskin Meeting House," 
April 2d and 3d, 1817, it was ordered "that for the purpose of edu- 
cating poor and pious youtn for the ministry, the members of this 
Presbytery be held responsible for six per cent, on the sums promised 
to them respectively, instead of the eight per cent, required the last 
year." At this time, also, ;, the congregation of Buckskin requested 
leave to be known hereafter, on the records of this Presbytery, by the 
name of Salem, to which the Presbytery agreed." ,k A petition from 
the town of Ripley, on the Ohio river, formerly a part of Red Oak 
congregation, praying to be recognized as a separate congregation, 
was presented, read and granted." "A petition from a- people on 
Eagle Creek, praying to be known on our minutes by the name cf 
Eagle Creek congregation and to receive supplies, was brought in 
and read and granted." Eagle Creek, however, had appeared at the 
first meeting of Presbytery, and Mr. Dunlevy had, at a meeting at 
Cabin Creek, Aprii 8th and 10th, 1800, accepted a call to that church: 
Presbytery had also met there, October 6-8, 1801. But the church 
had been broken up by the troubles connected with, and springing 
from, the New Light schism, and, as we have seen, preacher and 



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people had gone with the Shakers, and now this was a different 
church, and was in Brown, while the other was in Adams county. At 
this Buckshin meeting Franklinton withdrew the call for three- 
fourths of Mr. Hoge's time, and presented one for his whole time, 
which ho accepted. 

At Rocky Spring, August 6th and 7th, 1817, the Rev. R. G. 
Wilson resigned the office of Stated Clerk and the Rev. James H. 
Dickey was elected in his place. The Rev. Reuben White was 
received from the Presbytery of Winchester. James H. Dickey asked 
that Presbytery should dissolve the relation between himself and the 
church of Pisgah. Notice was sent to the church to appear at the 
next meeting. At Chillicothe, October 1st and 2d, 1817, Mr. Dickey 
renewed his request, and, the congregation giving their consent, 
through Mr. Benjamin Blair, the relation was dissolved. The congre- 
gation of Hillsborough, (formerly Nazareth,) requested leave to with- 
draw their call to the Rev. N. Pittinger, in order to their presenting 
to him a new call. On inquiry it appeared that it was a mutual 
agreement between Mr. Pittinger and the congregation. The request- 
was therefore granted and the call from Nazareth congregation was 
withdrawn, and that from Hillsborough was presented to Mr. Pittin- 
ger and by him accepted. New Market and White Oak asked that 
the Rev. Reuben White be appointed to supply them; but as they 
had made no arrangement for his support, Presbytery did not ap- 
point him, but left him at liberty to supply them as he thought best, 

At the next meeting, at West Union, April 8-9, 1818, they pre- 
sented calls; New Market, for one-half and Whito Oak, for one- 
fourth of Mr. White's labors, which he accepted and his installa- 
tion was appointed for the first Wednesday of June, at the house 
of Mr. J. Davidson; Gilliland to preach and Williamson to preside. 
As the report that was made afterward by this committee, may be 
interesting I have copied it. "The committee to install the Rev. 
Reuben White, in the congregations of New Market and White Oak, 
report to the Presbytery, that, agreeably to appointment, they 
met at the house of John Davidson, Esq., on the 3d day of June 
1818, and performed the duty assigned them. A respectable num- 
ber of both congregations attended. The installation sermon was 
from 1st Thes. 5: 12, 13. The questions in our form of government 
appointed to be put, in such cases, were put to the minister and 
people and by them answered in the affirmative. After which a 
solemn and appropriate charge was delivered to each, and the 
whole concluded with prayer.' 7 "James Gilliland, C. C." 

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and had about come to the conclusion that Mr. Davidson lived 
half way between the two churches, and that his house was chosen 
therefore, for convenience, when another and what seems a probable 
explanation occurred and that is that perhaps they had no church 
building. 

At the West Union meeting, also, calls were presented for Mr. 
Dickey from Salem and Concord, each for one-sixth part of his time ; 
this was a division of the third that Pisgah formerly had. Why they 
did not at once present calls each for half his time, as they did at the 
next meeting, is more than I can understand. "The Rev. Wm. 
Dickey, of Muhlenburgh Presbytery, having moved into the bounds 
of this Presbytery, tvith a view to settlement, informed us that the 
Presbytery to which he belongs, having failed to meet, on their 
adjournment, he had not been able to obtain a dismission." 
"Presbytery, therefore resolved, that though they cannot recieve him 
as a member, yet from their general acquaintance with Mr. Dickey, 
they will acknowledge him as a brother, in good standing, provi- 
dentially sojourning among them and bound to attend to the duties 
of a minister of the gospel, until he shall obtain a regular dis- 
mission." Not being able to appoint him stated supply, as re- 
quested by the congregations of Washington and Pisgah, they 
permitted them "for the present, to obtain his ministerial labors, 
on such terms as shall be mutually satisfactory." "An agreement 
by the congregation of Washington and a petition founded on that 
agreement, that the said congregation be divided and that the 
upper division be taken under the care of Presbytery, as a sep- 
arate congregation, by the name of Bloomiagburgh, was presented 
aod granted." "A petition was received from a number of people, 
residing on the Rocky Fork of Paint Creek and on Brush Creek, 
praying to be taken under the ' care of Presbytery as a congregation 
and to be known by the name of Ebenezer." This petition was 
granted. In Presbytery at Salem, August 26-27, 1818, the pastoral 
relation existing between the Rev. Robert B. Dobbins and Smyrna 
was dissolved. Also, on account of failure of his health, the Rev. 
Wm, Williamson resigned the pastoral charge of West Union and 
Cabin Creek, but at their request was permitted to supply them, 
at discretion, until the next meeting of: Presbytery. Mr. White 
was now preaching at Eagle Creek, the fourth part of his time. 

At the meeting at Red Oak Church, April 7-8, 1819, Man- 
chester presented a call for half the labors of Wm. Williamson, as he 
had continued to preach there after the relation between him and 
West Union and Cabin Creek was dissolved; this was, in reality, but 



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a change of the old call which had been for one-third of his time. 
The relation between the Rev. Robert B. Dobbins, and the church 
at Williamsburgh, was dissolved, and after this, though for a long 
time a member of Presbytery, he was not again installed as pastor 
of any of the churches. At Hillsborough, September 29-30, 1819, 
he was made stated supply at NeviU, for one year, for one- quarter 
of the time. In Presbytery at Manchester, April 5-6, 1828, he was 
permitted to supply White Oak, for one year, for as much of his 
time as may be convenient; then, in 1827, he was made stated 
supply there, for one year, and continued there until in Presbytery 
at West Union, April 6-8, 1830, when he was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Cincinnati. But in Presbytery at Bed Oak, April, 
1-4, 1834, he was received again from that Presbytery, and finally 
in Presbytery at Salem, September 29-30, 1835, he was dismissed to 
the Presbytery of Schuyler, after which he does not again appear 
on the records. 

In Presbytery at Hillsborough, September 29-30, 1819, Mr. 
James Coe, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Bedstone,, who was 
licensed at Greensburgh October 22nd, 1817, was received and 
appointed to spend ten days on Brush Creek and Sunfish. When 
he came into our Presbytery it was in answer to a petition sent 
in, April 7th, from "West Union for his services for one year, he was 
dismissed from Bedstone to our Presbytery April 20th, 1819. The 
pastoral relation between the Bev. Nicholas Pittinger and the 
churches of Hillsborough and Bocky Spring was dissolved. An- 
drew W. Poage, licentiate, was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Miami. The Bev. Wm. Dickey was received from the Presbytery 
of Muhlenburgh, and accepted a call for the whole of his minis- 
terial services from Washington and Bloomingburgh, and the time 
for his installation was fixed for the second Saturday of November, 
1819; The Bev. James H. Dickey to preach and Dr. Bobert G. 
Wilson to give the charge; this was attended to on the day and by 
the persons appointed. In his appointment to this service the 
title Dr. is for the first time in the minutes given to Mr. "Wilson. 

Wm. C. Blair a student in Princeton Theological Seminary > 
was taken under the care of Presbytery and parts of trial assigned 
him. In Presbytery at Columbus, October 19, 1820, Mr. Blair was 
dismissed to the care of the Presbytery of New Brunswick. He was 
received again from that Presbytery in Presbytery at Hillsborough 
September 21-27, 1822, and, as he had been appointed a mis- 
sionary to the Chickasaw Indians by the Missionary Society of the 
Synods of South Carolina and Georgia, he was ordained. The Bev. 



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James Gilliland preached froni Prov. 11:13, and Br. R. G. Wilson 
gave the charge. Ho was oiclaired September 27, 1822. In Pres- 
bytery at Chillicothe, May 5, 1824, he was dismissed to the Pml y- 
tery of West Tennessee. He was a gi aduate of Jefferson College 
and spent two years ia the Theological Seminary, at Princeton. 
Afc the Hillsborough meeting, Reuben White was made stated 
supply, for one-fourth time, at Eagle Creek, for one year; this, 
with his pastorate, would take all his time. 

The next meeting was at Salem, April 5th and 6th, 1820, where 
the Rev. John Ross was received from Red Stone Presbytery, and 
Straight Creek and Ripley petitioned each for half his time, until the 
next meeting of Presbytery. John Ross Lad been ordained aEd 
installed pastor at Somerset, in Red Stone Presbytery, December 3, 
1817, and was dismissed from that ckaige and to our Presbytery in 
the meeting at Mount Pleasant October 20, 1819. He was born in 
Ireland; graduated at Middlebury College; spent two years in 
Princeton Seminary, and after leaving our Presbytery was pastor at 
Muncie and Milton, Indiana. James Coe was made staff d supply at 
West Union, for two-thirds of his time, for half a year, with leave to 
spend part of his time out of the bounds of Presbytery. The Rev. 
Nicholas Pittinger was dismissed to the Presbytery of Miami. The 
Washington Education Society, auxiliary to the society under the 
care of the General Assembly, was organized according to a recom- 
mendation of the Assembly to the Presbytery. It appeared, on a call 
of the members, ''that the gospel had been preached during the last 
year, and attended to by the people with regularity. Catechetical 
instruction, particularly of the youth, in Bible classes, had been gen- 
erally attended to; the concert of prayer is almost universally atten- 
ded; most churches have their weekly prayer meetings and the Lord's 
Supper frequently administered; but no special awakenings have 
taken place and there is much cause to complain of stupidity and 
deadness." 

At the meeting at Red Oak. September 27th and 28th, 1820, "a 
petition from the town oi Greenfield and vicinity, praying to be taken 
on our minutes as a congregation, by the name of Greenfield, and to 
have the three- fourths of the ministerial labors of the Rev. Samuel 
Crothers, was presented and read." Mr. Crothers was received frcm 
the Presbytery of Wert Lexington, and the petition of the Greenfield 
people was granted. The Greenfield church was organized June 24, 
1820, with sixty members, twenty-five of whom were foimej members 
of the Hop Run church. The first elders were Elijah Khkp all ick, 
Wilson Stewart and Hugh Ghormley. "A petition from some inhab- 



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itants of Ross county, living on Indian Creek, praying to be known 
3ii onr records as a vacancy by the name of Indian Creek, and for 
supplies, was handed in, read and granted." This seems to be a 
vacancy yet, but not now known on our minutes. John Ross was 
made stated supply at Ripley and Straight Creek, until the next 
stated meeting. Hillsborough and Rocky Spring petitioned for the 
ministerial labors of the Rev. S. D. Hoge for six months and that his 
labors be equally divided between them. Mr. Hoge was of the Pres- 
bytery of Winchester and was present at the meeting as a cor- 
responding member. The congregations were permitted to employ 
him. 

At the next stated meeting, which was in Hillsborough, April 
3-6, 1821, he was received into this Presbytery on a certificate from 
the Presbytery of Winchester and accepted calls from Hillsborough 
and Rocky Spring, each for one-half of his time; and it was "ordered 
that Messrs. Samuel Crothers and James H. Dickey be a committee 
to install the Rev. S. D. Hoge, pastor of the churches of Hillsborough 
and Rocky Spring; that for that purpose they meet at Rocky Spring 
on the 26th of May next, at twelve o'clock; that Mr. Dickey preach 
the sermon and that Mr. Crothers preside and give the charge." Mr. 
James Coe was dismissed to the Presbytery of Miami as a licentiate 
in good standing. He was afterward pastor of Piqua. Messrs. Wm. 
Williamson, James Gilliland and John Ross were appointed a com- 
mittee to install the Rev. Dyer Burgess, at West Union, the fourth 
Wednesday of this month, April, 1821; Gilliland to preach, William- 
son to preside and give the charge, and Ross his alternate. Mr. Bur- 
gess had been received from the Presbytery of Miami, at an interme- 
diate meeting held in Columbus October 19, 1820. The Rev. John 
Ross was left at liberty to supply Straight Creek and Ripley, they 
having petitioned for him, until the next meeting. 

" The inhabitants of New Richmond and Susanna presented a 
petition praying to be taken under the care of Presbytery as a congre- 
gation, to be known by the name of New Richmond and Susanna." 
Their request was granted. The Rev. S. Crothers was continued as 
supply at Greenfield, for three-fourths of his time, for six months. In 
Presbytery at West Union, September 19th and 20th, 1821, the Rev. 
James Robertson was received from the Presbytery of Lancaster and 
accepted calls from Treacle's Creek, Upper Liberty, (now Milford 
Center,) and Lower Liberty, each for one- third of his time; and 
Messrs. J ames Hoge, William Dickey and Samuel Crothers, or any 
two of them, were appointed a committee to meet at Lower Liberty, 
on the 9th day of November next, to install Mr. Robertson pastor of 



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these congregations. Mr. Crothers was appointed to preach the 
sermon and Mr. Win. Dickey to preside and give the charge, and Mr 
James Hoge was appointed the alternate of either of them who may 
fail to attend." Dr. Moore, in History of Columbus Presbytery, 
spells the name Robinson and says that he had been ordained in 
1808, but does not say by what Presbytery. Ripley and Straight 
Creek petitioned for supplies, and John Ross had leave to travel out 
of bounds. The congregations of Bethel and of the settlers on 
Obanion Creek were granted leave to apply to the Presbytery of 
Miami for supplies. The Rev. J ames Hoge asked leave to resign the 
pastoral charge of Franklinton church. " Whereupon, ordered that 
the congregation be cited to appear, by their representative, at our 
next meeting, to show cause, if they have any, why the request 
should not be granted." At the next, an intermediate meeting, at 
Chillicothe, October 18, 1821, "the Rev. James Hoge renewed his 
application for leave to resign the pastoral charge of Franklinton 
congregation, from and after the first day of January next : and the 
elder from that congregation having informed Presbytery that the 
church offered no objections, it was ordered that the request be 
granted." This was, I suppose, a resignation pro forma, the congre- 
gation of Franklinton having changed their name to the First Church 
of Columbus, and moved across the river; for Dr. Hoge is always 
spoken of as pastor of the First Church of Columbus, for about fifty 
years. Dr. Moore says of him: "James Hoge, D. D., was born in 
Moorfield, Va., in 1784. His studies, both classical and theological, 
were pursued under the direction of his father, Moses Hoge, D. D- 
He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Lexington, Virginia, 
April 17th, 1805. * * * His whole life was spent here. The 
Presbytery of Columbus was moulded by him. He was a power in 
the community, which he saw grow from a wilderness into a populous 
city. He was released from his charge June 30th, 1857, but continued 
to labor as he had opportunity almost to the time of his death." He 
died September 22d, 1863. 

The church at Franklinton was organized in February, 1806. 
"For the first eight years the First Church worshipped exclusively at 
Franklinton, (Columbus, on the east bank of the Scioto, not being 
settled until 1812.) In 1814 a log building, twenty-five by thirty, was 
erected on Spring street near Third, and the services were alternated 
between Franklinton and Columbus. In 1821 the population of the 
latter was 1,400. A new house of worship had been built on the 
corner of Town and Front. The name of the congregation was 
changed to "The First Presbyterian Church of Columbus,'' In 



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June, 1822, "the congregation requested that R 3 v. James Hoge be 
appointed their stated supply untilJanuaiy 1, 1S23." * * * A 
now call was ma le oat, a. id accepted by Mr. Hoge, June 23, 1823, <k in 
plaoe of the former call, which was withdrawn in consequence of the 
change of the name of the church and their place of meeting." "It 
was not dimmed necessary to install him anew." — (Moore.) 

At the West Union meeting, also, Mr Henry Vandeman was 
received as a candidate under care of Presbytery, "and was directed 
to prepare an exegesis on the theme, il A>i Chrisius sit DeusV and 
a homily o:i the subject of Caristiaa experience, to be delivered at the 
next meeting." Mr Vandeman was a member of the C.mcord church, 
and at the meeting at Concord, April 3-5, 1822. delivered the above. 
At Hillsborough, September 24-27, 1S22, he delivered a discourse 
from Heb. 0:13; at Greenfield, April 1-3, 1S23, a lecture on Psalm 119: 
57-34. At West Union, September 30-Ojtober 3, 1S23, he delivered 
a sermon from Heb. 11: i, was examined and licensed October 3, and 
in Presbytery at Concord, April 6-8, 1821, was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Columbus, where he was called to and was for many 
years pastor of the Delaware church. He was ordained and installed 
by that Presbytery October 19, 1822, pastor of Delaware, Radnor 
and Liberty, and in 1S35, when the Presbytery of Marion was 
formed, was with his church assigned to that Presbytery. 

As the West Union meeting w is the last stated meeting of Pres- 
bytery, under the name of Washington, I will add the report of the 
cvunlttoe appointed to designate the route of the members in ful- 
filling a missionary tour of eight days each, before the next stated 
ranting. kC Thafc Dr. Wilson spend eight days on the waters of the 
Scioto, above Chillicothe, on Paint and Sunfish: Mr. Williamson, 
eight days on Ohio and Brush crook; Mr. Grilliland two days at 
Ripley and six at discretion; Mr. Andrews eight days on Indian 
Creek and Paint Creek: Mr. Dobbins six days between White Oak 
and Little Miami and two at Straight Creek; Mr. Jam?»s Hoge eight 
days on Scioto below Franklinton, and on Darby and Deer Creeks; 
Mr. William Dickey eight days on the headwaters of Paint, Little 
Miami and Deer Creeks; Mr. Robertson eight days on the waters of 
Darby and Deer Creeks: Mr. -T. H. Dickey, eight days at Ebenezer 
and on Paint and Deer Creeks; Mr. Crothers eight days on the head 
waters of the Hast Fork of Little Miami; Mr. White six days 
between White Oak and the Little Miami and two at Straight 
Creek; Mr. Burgess, eight days on Brush Creek and on the Ohio 
above Manchester; Mr. S. D. Hoge, eight days at Ebenezer, on 
Brush Creek and at Ripley; Mr. Ross, eight days at discretion/' 



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Presbytery was in the habit of appointing select, or special 
sessions, when requested, and they thought it expedient, a practice 
that was afterward forbidden by the Assembly, because ruling 
elders only have jurisdiction over "those whom they represent. 
The Presbytery therefore cannot authorize them to serve in other 
churches. The appointment by Presbytery of a special session, 
that is composed of Elders belonging to different congregations, 
even to try a case of dissipline is entirely unconstitutional," so 
the Assembly decided in 1823 and 1824. As showing this custom: In 
Presbytery, at Salem, April 5-6, 1820, "A petition from Mr. Eben- 
ezer Sutherland, suspended by a decision of the Session of Red 
Oak Church, praying for a new trial, was presented and read and 
committed to Messrs. Hoge, Dobbins and Keys, to report thereon." 
This committee reported that, in their opinion, Mr. Sutherland "had 
such additional light to cast upon the subject as entitles him to a 
new trial and they beg leave to recommend a select session." 
"After consideration the Presbytery adopted the above report, and 
Messrs. Richard Rounceville, Thomas Kirker, James Baird, John 
Moore and Joseph McKibben, elders, or any three of them, with 
the Rev. R. B. Dobbins, Moderator, were appointed to be the 
session to rehear the case of Mr. Sutherland, which has been 
adjudged, by the Red Oak Session, or any other charge that may be 
regularly brought against him. This select session was appointed 
to meet at the Red Oak meeting-house on the second Wednesday 
in June next at 10 o'clock A. M." 

In 1820, there* were in the whole Presbyterian church 741 min- 
isters, 1299 churches 72,096 communicants, 8,021 of whom had been 
added in the last year. 



CHAPTER I\ 



"At a meeting of the Synod of Ohio, in Chillicothe, October 
1821, the following resolutions were adopted, viz: "That the coun- 
ties of Ross, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Adams* Brown and the 
eastern parts of Clermont and Clinton, shall constitute a Presbytery, 
called the Presbytery of Chillicothe. They shall hold their first 
meeting, at Concord, on the first Wednesday in April next, at 
twelve o'clock, and shall be opened with a sermon by the Rev. 
Samuel D. Hoge, or, in his absence, the senior member present, who 
shall also preside until a Moderator be chosen." "The following 
members compose the Presbytery of Chillicothe: Revs. Robert G. Wil- 
son, Wm. Williamson, James Gilliland, John Andrews, William 
Dickey, James H. Dickey, Samuel Crothers, Dyer Burgess, Reuben 
White, Robert B. Dobbins, Samuel D. Hoge and John Ross. The 
records and papers of the Presbytery of Washington shall be deliv- 
ered to the Presbytery of Chillicothe hereby constituted." "A true 
extract from the records of Synod. 

Robert G. Wilson, Stated Clerk." 
The above precedes, in the records, the minutes of the first 
meeting of the Presbytery under the new name; which meeting was 
held as appointed, at Concord, April 3-5, 1822, and was opened with 
? sermon by the Rev. Samuel D. Hoge, from 1st Cor. 2:2 — "For I 
am determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, 
and him crucified." At the same time the Presbytery of Columbus 
was formed, "to consist of the counties of Pickaway, Franklin, 
Madison, Union and Delaware, with those parts of Champaign 
and Logan lying east of the line from the head of the Little Miami 
to the head of the Scioto." The members present at the Concord 
meeting, were Messrs. Robert G. Wilson, pastor of the church at 
Chillicothe; James Gilliland, at Red Oak: Dyer Burgess, at West 
Union; William Dickey, at Bloomingburgh and Washington; James 
H. Dickey, at Salem and Concord ; Samuel D. Hoge, at Hillsborough 
and Rocky Spring; Reuben White, at New Market and White Oak; 
Samuel Crothers, who was supplying, but at this meeting accepted 
a call to Greenfield for four-fifths of his time, and a committee was 
appointed to install him, the second Saturday of May, (1822), R. G. 
Wilson to preside, Samuel D. Hoge to preach and James H. Dickey, 



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the alternate of either. Robert B. Dobbins, who seems at that 
time to have been without charge, was also present. The members 
absent were Messrs. Wm. Williamson, pastor at Manchester; John 
Ross without charge, who at the last meeting had been granted leave 
to travel out of bounds, and at this meeting was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Miami; and John Andrews, dismissed at this 
meeting to the Presbytery of Redstone. He had been publishing 
a paper in Chillicothe, said to have been the first religious news- 
paper ever published, jand of which The Banner, of Pittsburgh, 
claims to be the successor. 

This paper was "The Weeekly Recorder, a newspaper, conveying 
important intelligence and other useful matter, under the three gen- 
eral heads of Theology, Literature and National Affairs." The first 
number of this paper was published July 5th, 1814, and was an eight 
page, three column paper, the printed matter on each page measur- 
ing eight by not quite ten inches. In the first number is the follow- 
ing announcement. "The Weekly Recorder is published on Thursday, 
By J ohn Andrews. Terms — Two dollars per annum paid within two 
months; two dollars»and twenty- five cents at the end of six months; 
two dollars and fifty cents at the end of the year. No subscription 
received for less than one year; nor any discontinued until all 
arrearages are paid. A failure to give notice of the discontinuance 
of a subscription at the end of the year, will be considered as a new 
engagement. Gentlemen who procure ten subscribers and are an- 
swerable for the, payment, receive their papers gratis. JB^ALL 
letters addressed to the Editor, except such as contain returns of 
subscribers' names, or remittance of money, must be postpaid." 
The last page contained advertisements, one of which announced 
that Maharshallalhashbaz Garrison, had taken up an estray horse. 
I suppose that it is a misprint and intended for our old friend 
Mahershalalhashbaz and shows that some persons then at least, kept 
up the good old custom of giving their children Bible names. The 
paper was continued at the above price, until Vol. 3, No. 1, whole 
number 105, when it is announced at three dollars per annum, but 
"From subscribers in difficult circumstances, two dollars will be 
received in advance, and the remaining one at end of six months." 
Advertisements were discontinued and while it was still an eight 
page and three column paper, it was so enlarged that the printed 
part on a page, measured eight inches and a half by ten inches 
and three quarters. I have looked over the first three volumes and 
think that, for the time, it was an excellent paper; indeed it would 
not compare unfavorably with many papers now published. 



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THE HISTORY OF THB 



The elders present, at the Concord meeting, were Messrs. Archi- 
bald Hopkins, Isaac Templin, John Emmory, Hugh Ghormley, 
Andrew Hemphill, Salmon Templin, Victor Larrimore, Abraham 
Shepherd and Hugh Cochran. It was a time of peace and quiet in 
the churches, from 1811, when the Presbytery of Miami was formed, 
until the first meeting of the Presbytery under the new name; for 
the Presbytery of Ohillicofche i3 but the Presbytery of Washington 
renamed, the boundaries having been before this so changed, that 
Washington was in another Presbytery and in a state no part of 
which was in the bounds of this Presbytery. The churches had 
increased in numbers and in strength and were seeking in various 
ways for the good of men and their own upbuilding. 

A3 has before been stated a Bible society was formed. The 
first meeting, when it was organized, was at West Union, January 
28, 1814. Its first annual meeting was at Concord Church, on the 
11th and 12th of October of the same year, and was "opened with 
prayer by the president, the Rev. James Gilliland; received the 
Reports of the Directors and Steward, and elected the officers for 
the ensuing year. The Directors reported,, 'That they had pur- 
chased 329 Bibles, that these Bibles had been transported from 
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and thence forwarded, in a boat down 
the Ohio, and that they were expected shortly to reach the places 
of their destination.' The Steward reported, 'That the receipts, for 
the use of the society, from the time of its organization, 
amounted to 1304.65, that of this sum $244 had" been employed in 
the purchase of Bibles and defraying the expense of carriage to 
Pittsburgh, leaving a balance in the treasury of 160.65.' " The 
Society elected the Rev. Wm. Williamson, President; the Rev. 
James Gilliland, Secretary; Mr. Drayton M. Curtis, Steward; Gen- 
eral Samuel Finley, Revds. Robert G. Wilson, John Andrews, James 
Hoge and James H. Dickey, Directors. 

At the annual meeting, in Hillsborough, September 6, 1816, 
it was resolved, that a meeting of the Society be held, the third 
Thursday of October, to determine whether the Society should 
become auxiliary to the American Bible Society, or unite with others 
to form a State Society.. This meeting was in Chillicothe, October 
17, 1816, and it was "Resolved unanimously, after mature delibera- 
tion, that it i3 expedient that this Society become auxiliary to the 
American Bible Society, and that the monies collected by us, 
which may not, in the opinion of this Society, be necessary for 
the supplying of the dpstitute, within our bounds be solely at the 
disposal of that Society." The officers of the Society then were, 



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the Rev. James Hoge, President; the Rev. Robert G. Wilson, 
Yice President; Mr. John McLandburgh, {Steward; Revds. Robert 
G. Wilson, John McFariand, J. H. Dickey, J. Andrews, and Mr. 
Joseph Miller, Directors. All of them, preachers to, or members 
in, the churches of the Presbytery, except the Rev. John McFar- 
iand who preached to, and Mr. John McLandburgh who was mem- 
ber of the Associate Reformed Church in Chiiiicothe. The 
American Bible Society was instituted in 1816 and, in its first 
annual report, dated May 8, 1817, occur* the iollowing: "The 
managers are happy to state, that the following societies, in exis- 
tence previous to the formation of the American Bible Society, have 
become Auxiliary;" In the list which follows is, "Scioto Bible 
Society, (Ohio) October 17th." 

They were also beginning to establish Sunday Schools, as the 
following notice copied from "The Weekly Recorder," February 
20, 1816, shows: "All those who desire to be taught, or to have 
their children taught to read the Holy Scriptures, are hereby 
informed that a number of young persons, having associated, for 
the purpose of teaching a Sunday School, will be employed a part 
of every Sabbath, in the instruction of those who may attend. 
Adult persons who cannot read, but who desire to learn, will receive 
particular attention. Parents are requested not to send small child- 
dren who cannot read words of three letters, except such as have 
no other opportunity of learning. Black persons will have a 
separate room. School will open at nine o'clock in the morning, 
for reading, and at three, in the afternoon for catechising. Id will 
be held in the Academy until a more central place can be obtained. 
Books will be furnished for those who are not able to procure 
them, as far as tbe funds of the Society will extend." 

In the same paper April 10, 1816, the following appears: "It 
is with pleasure we announce the progress that has been made in 
the business of the Sunday Schools that have been recently insti- 
tuted in this town, by the commendable zeal and exertions of a few 
young men. A school for the instruction of children on the 
Sabbath day was opened, not long since, by two young men, who 
agreed to bear an equal proportion of the necessary expenses of 
books, fuel, etc. They were soon joined by two others. A gentleman 
gratuitously furnished a load of firewood, and another generously 
presented five dollars, for the benefit of this school. At first it 
was kept in a private room, and attended by about ten or twelve 
children. But in four weeks the number of scholars so increased, 
that it became necessary to seek a more spacious room for their 



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accommodation. It was, therefore, removed to a largo apartment 
in the upper story of the Ac:idemy, and the list of the pupil's names 
has swelled nearly to one hundred. Ot the plan on which this school 
is conducted, the following is a sketch: The morning is chiefly 
devoted to reading. Such of the pupils as are able to read the 
Scriptures, usually read three lessons, and in the meantime aro 
required to memorize and rehearso a select verse of each lesson. 
Such as are unable to read the Scriptures, are furnished with books 
suited to their capacities, and proper to bo used on the Sabbath. 
The principal exercises of the evening are memorizing and reciting 
catechisms, psalms, hymns, etc. Eight or ten have committed to 
memory Brown's small catechism, which contains above two hun- 
dred plain questions with answers. This was accomplished by one 
in two weeks. And one has learned the Assembly's Shorter 
Catechism throughout, in three weeks. Bat besides the school of 
which wo have now given a brief account, wo aro happy in being 
able to state, that a school has been instituted and. is now kept 
in a lower room of the Academy for the instruction of people of 
color, who aro considerably numerous in this place, and have 
heretofore had little opportunity of learning to read. This school 
consists of children and adults, tho number of whom as their names 
stand on tho roll, amounts to about forty. It is conducted on the 
same plan with tho other scho3l. Tho people of color generally 
behave well in school, are attentivo to their lessons and tho im- 
provement of somo is manifest." 

Also in the Weekly Recorder for Juno 4, 1817, the following; 
"On Saturday the 31st ultimo, most of the teachers of the Sab- 
bath schools, in this place, met, agreeably to previous notice, and 
formed themselves into a society to be distinguished by tho namo 
of "The Chillicothe Association of Sabbath School Teachers." Tho 
draft of a constitution being presented, was considered, amended 
and adopted; and officers for tho ensuiug year were elected. J. 
Andrews was chosen President; D. M. Curtis, Vice President; J. H. 
March, Secretary; X). W. Hearn, Steward; and the same persons 
with J. Pitkin, managing committee. This association being in- 
formed, that tho Female Cent Society of Chillicothe had made a 
present of eighteen dollars to tho teachers of tho Sabbath schools 
in this place, for the benefit of tho schools under their care, resolved, 
unanimously, that the thanks of this Association be presented to the 
Female Cent Society, of Chillicothe, through their president, for 
their charitable donation. Tho object for which this association 
was formed is to establish and conduct Sabbath Schools in this place, 



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by combined, harmonious and systematic exertion, on principles 

calculated to load the scholars to the- knowledge of God and the 
way of salvation as revealed in the Scriptures." It is an interesting 
fact that all the men who are named, as engaged in this, which 
seems not to have been for tho benelit of any special church, were 
Presbyterians, Mr. D. W. Hearn being a member of the Associate 
Reformed Church. This, dono in Chillicothe, I hayo reason to be- 
lieve was also attended to all over the Presbytery. 

As showing tho success of this Association I will make another 
quotation from the Recorder of July 15. 1817: "On last Lord's day, 
at four o'clock P. M., the several Sabbaih Schools in this town met in 
their respective school rooms, agreeabiy to a previous arrangement; 
and thence proceeded, under the direction of their teachers, to the 
Presbyterian meeting-house. They occupied and filled most of the 
paws in the lower part of tho house. By returns that have been 
made to the secretary of tho "Chillicothe Association of Sabbath 
School Teachers," tho whole number of scholars belonging to Ihe sev- 
eral schools is ascertained to be upwards of rive hundred and twenty. 
The greater part of these were present on the occasion of which we 
are speaking. So many children, male and female, from five to 
eighteen years of age, we are confident, never before were collected in 
any house for public worship in this place. The school consisting 
of people of color, of various ages, which is under the care of Mr. 
James Hill, occupied a part of the east end of the gallery. Those 
seats above and below, which were not occupied by the schools, were 
crowded by tho citizens, and tho friends of religion of the different 
denominations. * * * * Three hymns of praise were sung, 
prayer was twica offered up, and an appropriate address was delivered 
by tho Rev. William Beaachamp, first to the scholars, next to the 
teachers, and finally to the parents and governors of families. The 
whole sceno was interesting and gratifying to the people who were 
present." 

Tho ladies also were engagsd in work. In the Recorder, April 
17, 1316, under heading, < ; Female Cent Society of Chillicothe," is the 
following: "A society of this denomination has lately been organized 
in this town. A constitution has been adopted and subscribed by 
above twenty females, and there is reason to hope that the number 
will be considerably augmented. Agreeably to the constitution, the 
Society is to consist ol females only, married or unmarried; and they 
are to bo such as sustain a religious or moral character. Those who 
become members are required to pay ono dollar, in adyance, and one 
cen> a day through the year, to bo discharged quarterly. The funds 



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are to be distributed in the following manner: one-fourth is to be 
sent to the professors of the Theological Seminary at Princeton, and 
one-fourth to the Theological Seminary at New York, to be applied 
to the use of such s l ti.iaits of divinity as may need pecuniary aid. 
One-fourth is to be given to such students in this state as have been 
received, as candidates for the ministry, by some Presbytery, and are 
preparing to attend either of the aforesaid seminaries, and for which 
thoy may requi.-i arista ice. The remaining fourth is to be dis- 
tributed in alms, for the relief of the indigent and in procuring books 
for poor children who may attend the Sunday-schools in this place." 

In December, 1816, a similar society was formed in Washington 
C. H., of which the officers wore a president, secretary and treasurer; 
membership in which was secured by signing the constitution and 
paying twenty-five cents quarterly. The whole object of this society 
was to aid in educating young men for the ministry. These sooieties 
were formed at other places in the Presbytery, as at West Union and 
Manchester. Local tract societies were also formed. There was also 
a society formed called the "Paint Association." Whether it ev< r 
accomplished much or was successful in carrying out its pro- 
visions I have not been able to discover, but a meeting was held at 
Hop Run church, Ross county, Ohio, October 29, 1816. A sermon 
was preached by the Rev. J. H. Dickey; the Rev, N. Pittinger was 
chosen chairman, and the Rev. Samuel Crothers, then in the Asso- 
ciate Reformed Ghurch, was elected clerk, and the following pre- 
amble adopted: "We, the undersigned, inhabitants of Ross, Fayette 
and Highland counties, desirous of aiding in the work of training up 
young men for the ministry of reconciliation, do agree to associate 
for that purpose, and to be regulated by the following constitution." 
Then followed ten articles, giving the name, making provision for 
officers, defining their duties and prescribing as qualification for 
office, membership in some church, " holding the doctrine of the 
Scriptures as exhibited in the Assembly's Shorter Catechism." Why 
they stopped with the catechism I cannot tell. Members were to pay 
not less than one dollar annually for the support of teachers and of 
poor and pious young men , and not less than one dollar yearly, for 
three years, " for the purpose of furnishing suitable buildings and 
apparatus for schools, these payments to commence as soon as it shall 
be determined, by a general 'convention, to carry into effect the 
design of these associations." There seems to have been a society in 
Chillicothe, and also one in Washington, Kentucky, for educating 
young men for the ministry, and this was to co-operate with them. 
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have been working, with much activity, for the moral and religious 
improvement of the people. Bat two ministers, formerly members, 
were left oat of bounds — the Rev. James Hoge, of Columbus, and 
the Rev. Jame* Robertson, who had been install© 1 at Lower Liberty 
on the ninth of the preceding November. The Rev. Samuel Crothers 
was chosen Moderator. Although ho now .'accepted a call and hod 
bean supplying the church there for a time, that was not the first of 
his preaching in Greenfield, for in 1810. he had settled in Chillicothe 
and preached there and to the people in the region about Greenfield. 
In March, 1813, he left Chillicothe, settled in Greenfield and gave the 
church there all his labors. Chillicothe was then his nearest post- 
offise, and he never received a letter without paying at least thirty- 
geven and a half cents postage, and this after riding twenty-one miles 
to get it. He was at this time connected with the Associato Reformed 
Church. He had spent four years in the Theological Seminary, at 
New York, under the instruction of Dr. Mason. After living in 
Greenfield five years, ho returned to Kentucky, where he had been 
brought up, his parents having removed, while he was a youth, to 
Lexington, Kentucky, from near Chambersburg. Pennsylvania, where 
Mr. Crothers was born October 22d, 1783. While he was in Ken- 
tucky, he joined the Presbyterian church and, in 1820, he returned to 
Greenfield, at the invitation of most of his old parishioners, who 
wished also to change their church relation, and now he accepted 
their call to be their pastor and entered upon a work that lasted 
during his life, a most prosperous pastorate. His installation was 
appointed for the second Saturday of May; Dr. Wilson to preside, 
S. D. Hoge to preach, and J. H. Dickey alternate. We will hear of 
him again and often. 

The Rev. John Rankin was received from the Presbytery of 
Ebenezer, in Kentucky, and accepted calls from Ripley and Straight 
Creek, each for one-half of his ministerial labors, and Messrs. Burgess, 
Gilliland and Dobbins were appointed a committee to meet at Ripley 
on the 15th inst,, (April 15, 1822,) to install him; Mr. Burgess to 
preach the sermon, Mr. Gilliland to preside and give the charge, and 
Mr. Dobbins the alternate of either who may fail to attend. Mr. 
Rankin was born in Jefferson coanty, East Tennessee, February 4' 
1793. He was educated at Washington College and licensed by the 
Abingdon Presbytery. He was for a time pastor cf Caneridge and 
Concord Churches in Nicholas and Bourbon counties. Kentucky, 
before coming to our Presbytery. He was the founder of what was 
called the Free Presbyterian Church of America, which excluded 
slaveholders from membership. This church at length united with 



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the New School body. Mr. Rankin died March 18, 1883, in the 
ninety- fourth year of his age. 

BeDjamin Spillman, John Pitkin and Adam B Gilliland, gradu- 
ates of Jefferson College, were taken under care of Presbtery as can- 
didates for the ministry. These all had parts of trial assigned them 
and attended the different meetings of Presbytery until, in Presby- 
tery, at Hillsborough, December 3d, 1823, Mr. Spillman, having com- 
pleted his trials, was examined and licensed. In Presbytery at Con- 
cord, April 6-8, 1824, he was dismissed to tho care of the Presbytery 
of Muhlenburgh and does not appear again in our records. Mr. 
Spillman was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, August 17th, 1796; 
graduated at Jefferson College in 1822, and studied theology with 
Dr. "Wilson at Chillicothe. In 1824 he was ordained and installed, by 
the Muhlenburgh Presbytery, pastor of Sharon church, Illinois, where 
he remained for two years. In 1S26 ho organized the church in 
Shawneetown, IJlinois. At this time and for seventeen years he 
labored as an itinerant missionary, but in April, 1842, he was installed 
by the Xaskaskia Presbytery, pastor of Shawneetown. In 1844, he 
became pastor of Chester church, remaining there until 1851, when 
he was again called to Shawneetown, where he continued to labor 
until his death, May 3d, 1859. 

John Pitkin, who was Dr. Wilson's son-in-law, and studied the- 
ology with him, was licensed at West Union, October 3d, 1823, and in 
Presbytery at Ripley r , September 28-30, 1824, was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Athens, having received calls from the congregations 
of Water ford and Wooster. In the minutes of the General Assembly 
for 1883 his name is first in the list of the Presbytery of Zanesvilie — 
John Pitkin, H. It., Mount Yernon, Ohio. No man to whom I wrote 
a letter of inquiry answered more promptly, and as the letter is 
remarkable for one of his age, I copy it. 

Mt. Veenon, O., Dec. 17, 1888. 

"Dear Brother Galbraith: — The place and date of my birth 
was Poultney, Vermont, May 12, 1794 My academical education 
was completed at Chillicothe, Ohio. My collegiate course was fin- 
ished at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and I graduated in 1821, and 
was ordained by the Presbytery of Athens in 1825. I labored at 
Waterford and Wooster six years a3 pastor. At Dresden and 
Muskingum as stated supply, six years, then, until I was 75, I 
labored at Milfordton, with the exception of four years at Delaware. 

Your Brother in the Gospel, 

John Pitkin." 

Adam B, Gilliland was licensed, in Presbytery at Concord, 



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April 8, 1824, anil in Presbytery at Red Oak he accepted a call, 
from Hillsborough, where he was ordained and ins' ailed June 2nd, 
1825, his sermon as part of trial, for ordination, was from Titus 3:8; 
James H. D.'ckey preached from 1st Peter, 4:11; Win. Dickey 
presided and gave the charge Thi3 relation, then constituted, was 
dissolved, at Mr. Gilliland's request, the church concurring, in 
Presbytery, at West Union, April 1-3, 1828, and Mr. Gilliland was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati, at Greenfield, October 9- 
10, 1828. 

It was also resolved, at the Concord meeting, "That it be a 
standing rule of this Presbytery to appoint, at each meeting, two 
members to preach, at the subsequent meeting, on certain specified 
subjects in theology; provided, always, that tho delivery of these 
discourses shall not interfere with the business of Presbyteiy." 
John Ross was dismissed to the Presbytery of Miami. 

The next meeting of Presbytery was at Hillsborough, Septem- 
ber 24-27, 1822. At this meeting which was mostly taken up with 
hearing parts of trial of the candidates, "The churches of Ripley 
and Straight Creek presented their annual reports varying in point 
of phraseology from the form prescribed by the General Assembly, 
using the words, 'on profession of faith, 5 for 'on examination' acd 
in relation to baptism, for 'adults'; and the words 'of believers 
households,' for 'infants,' wherefore, resolved: that these churches 
be directed to conform to the form prescribed, by tho Assembly." 
"The Rev. John Rankin entered his dissent from tho judgment of 
Presbytery directing the sessions of Ripley and Straight Creek to 
make their annual reports according to the form prescribed, by the 
General Assembly." And because he did it, I have noticed this, as 
indicative of his character in always standing up and fighting for 
what he thought right and proper, in little, as well as in greater 
things,' indeed nothing seemed little to him that he thought wrong 
and everything was wrong -that did not agree with his ideas. 

At tho meeting at Greenfield, April 1-3, 1823, the following 
action was taken : "On account of the languishing state of religion 
among us; Resolved, that tho third Thursday, of the present month, 
be set ar>art as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer." 

At West Union, September 30, October 3, 1823, the pastoral 
relation between Wm. Dickey and tho congregations of Washing- 
ton and Bloomingburgh was dissolved and Mr. Dickey was "directed 
to bestow one-half his ministerial labors, at Bloomingburgh, until 
the next semi-annual meeting of Presbytery." "A petition was 
received from sundry persons in and around Wilmington, preying 



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to be received under the care of this Presbytery as a congregation to 
be known by the name of Sharon." Their request was granted. "A 
petition was presented to the Presbytery by a number of persons liv- 
ing in Georgetown and its vicinity, praying Presbytery to give them 
leave to form a church in that place;" granted, and they asked for 
supplies. In Presbytery, at Hillsborough, December 3, 1823, the 
Rev. S. D. Hoge requested that the pastoral relation between him 
and the Hillsborough and Rocky Spring churches be dissolved and 
the churches consenting, " Therefore, Resolved; That the pastoral 
relation existing between the Rev. S. D. Hoge and the above congre- 
gations be dissolved, and it is hereby dissolved and that Mr. Hoge 
be dismissed from this Presbytery to join the Presbytery of 
Athens." The Rev. Samuel Davies Hoge was born in Shepherds- 
town, Virginia, in 1791. He graduated at Hampden Sidney College, 
in 1810, studied theology wiih his father, the Rev. Moses Hoge, 
D. D., and was licensed to preach by the Hanover Presbytery, May 8, 
1813. He was installed in 1816, by the same Presbytery, pastor of 
the churches of Culpepper and Madison, in Virginia, and preached 
to them until April, 1821, when he removed to Ohio. When he left 
our Presbytery he had accepted the Professorship of Mathematics 
and Natural Philosophy in the Ohio University, at Athens. He died 
in 1826. At the request of the Rev. Reuben White tho pastoral 
relation existing between him and the congregations of AYhite Oak 
and New Market was dissolved and Mr. White was granted leave to 
travel out of bounds, until the next meeting. 

At Concord April 6-8, 1824, the Rev. Nicholas Pittinger was 
received from the Presbytery of Miami and left at discretion, as to 
the disposal of hi3 time, until the next meeting of Presbytery. The 
Rev. Wm. Dickey was made stated supply, at Blocmingburgh, for 
three-fourths of his time, for one year, the congregation agreeing to 
pay him three hundred dollars for his services. In Chillicothe, May 
5, 1824, "A letter was received from a committee of the Board of 
Trustees of the University of Ohio, informing Presbytery, that the 
Rev. Robert G. Wihon, D. D., had been unanimously elected to the 
presidency of that institution, and requesting that he be dismissed 
from his pastoral charge and from this Presbytery, that he may enter 
upon the duties of the office to which he has been chosen. On 
inquiry it appeared, that the congregation of Chillicothe had 
been duly apprized of the application, and they, in a written memorial 
expressed their strong attachment to their pastor, and regret at 
thought of separation and their unwillirgness to assent to it; yet 
deemed themselves buund to submit to the decision of Presbj tery." 



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Dr. Wilson having expressed his views of the case, and referred it 
to Presbytery withdrew, as did also Mr. John Thompsons elder, 
from Ohillicothe. A resolution was then made to grant the prayer 
of the petition and after deliberation and prayer to Almighty God, 
for direction, it was carried in the affirmative. "Therefore, Re- 
solved; That the pastoral relation between the Rev. Robert G. 
Wilson, D. D., and the First Presbyterian congregation of Ohil- 
licothe be dissolved, and he is hereby dismissed from this Pres- 
bytery, to join the Presbytery of Athens and he is recommended 
to that Presbytery, as a member in good standing." The Rev. 
James H. Dickey was ordered to preach in Ohillicothe, on the 
fourth Sabbath in June, and I suppose then to declare the pulpit 
vacant, although that does not appear on the record. 

At Ripley, September 28-30, 1824, the Rev. Nicholas Pittinger 
accepted a call, from Rocky Spring, for one-half of his time and 
the Revds. Samuel Crothers and James H. Dickey were appointed 
a committee to install him, on the last Friday of November next* 
at 12 o'clock; Orothers to preach and Dickey to preside. Mr. Pit- 
tinger was also appointed stated supply of New Market for one- 
third of his time for one year, and of Ebenezer for one-sixth of his 
time. Adam B. Cilliland was made stated supply at Hillsborough, 
for six months. 

At Red Oak, April 5-6, 1825, "A call from Ohillicothe, for the 
Rev. James Hoge, of the Columbus Presbytery was presented, with 
a request for leave to prosecute it before that Presbytery, which 
leave was granted, but Mr. Hoge did not accept. The Rev. Wm. 
Dickey was again made stated supply, at Bloomingburgh, for 
three-fourths of his time. Sandy Spring asked for supplies and 
for the administration there of the Lord's Supper and Mr. Rankin 
was appointed "to labor eight days, in Brown and Adams, includ- 
ing a Sabbath for the administration of the Lord's Supper at Sandy 
Spring." 

At the meeting held in Hillsborough, June 1-2, 1825, princi- 
pally for the ordination and installation of Mr. Adam B. Gilliland 
an appeal was brought up from the action of the session of Green- 
field, in suspending Mr. — from the communion of the church 

for dancing, concerning which the following is in the minutes.; 

"The appeal of Mr. was taken up, and after hearing the 

documents and the- parties, Presbytery decided that the appeal be 
not sustained, for the following reasons: 1st; The Scriptures com- 
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but promiscuous dancing is not performed with a view to the divine 
glory. 2nd; The Apostle calls it a work of the flesh, Gal. 5:21. (The 
word reveling includes dancing.) And it is said that they which do 
such things shall not enter the kingdom of God. 3d; Our Confes- 
sion of Faith prohibits dancing. (See larger Catechism on the 7th 
commandment.) 4th; Promiscuous dancing is, in its nature, calcu- 
lated to divert the attention from serious reflection. 5th; It is evi- 
dent that the practice of dancing tends to irreligion and especially 
to licentiousness." James H. Dickey obtained "leave to travel with- 
out the bounds of Presbytery previous to the next meeting of Pres- 
bytery provided he can obtain the consent of his congregations." A 
committee was appointed consisting of the Revds. James H. Dickey, 
Dyer Burgess and William Dickey, "to examine the credentials of 
traveling ministers, who may wish to preach within our bounds." 
At the next meeting, at West Union, September 28-30, 1825, J. H. 
Dickey was appointed to prepare a History of the Presbytery. At 
Rocky Spring, January 3d, 1826, the congregation of Chillicothe, 
presented a call for the lab3rs of the Rev. Wm. Graham of the 
Presbytery of Miami and were granted leave to prosecute it before 
that Presbytery. 

At the meeting at Manchester, April 5-6, 1826, Mr. Graham 
was received from the Presbytery of Miami, accepted the call from 
Chillicothe, and the Revels. Nicholas Pittinger, Samuel Crothers 
and James H. Dickey were appointed a committee to install him 
the fourth Wednesday of June next; Dickey to preach, Crothers to 
preside and give the charge, and Pittinger, "to alternate either that 
may fail." The following question was proposed to Presbytery: 
"Is it expedient, in any case, to solemnize the rites of marriage on 
the Sabbath day ?" It was answered in the negative. "A petition 
was presented by a number of persons, living on the West Fork of 
Brush creek, praying to be known, on our minutes, as a congre- 
gation by the name of Mount Leigh." This petition was granted. 
Mount Leigh is now in the Portsmouth Presbytery, and in the 
Assembly's Minutes for 1888, reports one hundred and forty members. 
Presbytery refused to grant a similar petition from, "Sundry persons 
on Hill's Fork of Eagle Creek requesting to be known as a congre- 
gation by the name of New Providence. 

At Bloomingburgh, September 27 and 28, 1826, Union was given 
leave to apply for the ministerial labors of the Rev. Wm. Jones, and 
Reuben White was made stated supply at Mount Leigh. In Pres- 
bytery at Red Oak, April 4-5, 1827, Wm. Dickey accepted a call from 
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Dyer Burgess and A. B. Gilliland were appointed a committee to 
install him on the third Wednesday of May next, at twelve o'clock; 
Gilliland to preach, Dickey to preside and give the charge, and 
Burgess the alternate of either. Reuben White was continued at 
Mount Leigh, for one-third of his time. Alexander T. Rankin 
was taken under the care of Presbytery as a candidate for the 
ministry and "An mors Christi vicavia sitf was assigned him as a 
subject for exegesis. Mr. Rankin attended the various succeeding 
meetings of Presbytery reading his exegesis, a critical exercise on 2nd 
Cor. 5:16, a popular lecture on Romans 5:1-5, and preaching his 
popular sermon from 1st John, 3:2. He was licensed at Ripley, 
April 2, 1829, and at Hillsborough, January 5-6, 1830, he was dis- 
missed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati. 

In Presbytery at Hillsborough, September 25-27, 1827, ''It was 
resolved to appropriate ten dollars of the Presbyterial fund, in 
purchasing one hundred copies of a pamphlet, from Dyer Burgess, 
on the subject of slavery, to be distributed among the members, 
and, if possible, sold by them, at twelve and a half cents per 
copy, and the proceeds returned to Presbytery." This is the first 
reference to slavery, on our minutes, but by no means the last. 
"Presbytery had a free conversation on the subject of making 
provision for supplying the convicts, in the Ohio State Prison, with 
the preaching of the gospel, and it was unanimously resolved to lay 
the subject before the Ohio Synod, at its next meeting and request 
them to adopt means for effecting this object." Was our Presbytery 
first, in this, as in so many other good works? "On motion it was 
resolved that the ministers of this Presbytery be hereafter required 
to pay to the Presbyterial fund, annually, at the rate of six and a 
fourth cents on each hundred dollars of salary respectively 
promised them." 

In Presbytery at West Union, April 1-3, 1828, the Rev. Adam 
B. Gilliland asked in writing: "Is it expedient for half a dozen of 
members of the Presbyterian church, living within two and four 
miles of their minister, to form a weekly prayer-meeting and invite 
another preacher to attend and preside and exhort statedly, without 
having invited their own pastor, or asked his advice, or that of the 
Session?" Mr. Gilliland also presented a paper containing a 
request, for a dissolution of the relation between him and the church 
of Hillsborough, "for various reasons therein assigned." The rela- 
tion was dissolved and his question answered: "It is not expedient, 
as it is caclulated to produce divisions in the church, and to weaken the 
hands of the pastor and church session, and is inconsistent with their 



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promise to their pastor, that they will give him all proper support 

and encouragement and obedience in tHe Lord." 

The Rev. Adam B. Gilliland was born, in Lincoln county, 
North Carolina, January 22d, 1794, graduated at Jefferson College, 
Pennsylvania in 1821. He studied theology with his father at Red 
Oak, Ohio. After leaving our Presbytery, being dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Cincinnati, October 9, 1828, he took charge of Bethel 
church, in Butler county, Ohio, in 1829, and remained there, ten 
years. He was then called to Riley, then to Venice in the same 
county, and remained there over twenty years. In his old age he 
lived with his daughter in West Dayton, Ohio, and preached occa- 
sionally, when able. He died January 5, 1885, and was buried at 
Venice, Ohio. 

The following questions w r ere taken up by Presbytery: "1st; Is 
it the duty of Christians to abstain entirely from the use of ardent 
spirits, except when necessary as a medicine?" Answered unani- 
mously in the affirmative. "2d; What is the duty of ministers and 
church sessions in regard to those members of the church who in- 
dulge in the unnecessary use of ardent spirits, or, by example or 
otherwise, encourage others to do so?" To this the Presbytery 
unanimously answered: "It is their duty diligently to endeavor by 
every means in their power, to enlighten the minds of the people on 
this subject." The treasurer was directed to appropriate six dollars 
of the Presbyteriai fund to purchase for Presbytery, Dr. Beecher's 
sermons on intemperance. There had been some progress made in 
the cause of temperance even before this time. When James H. 
Dickey was installed in Buckskin, Concord and Pisgah churches, as I 
have been credibly informed, there were fourteen distilleries within 
the bounds of these congregations, and all run by men of good stand- 
ing in the community. At once he began enlightening the people as 
to the sin of intemperance and persuading them to turn from it. 
Until the opening of the Ohio canal, to have these little still-houses 
work their corn into whisky, was about the only way in which the 
farmers could dispose of the grain which the new soil brought forth 
so abundantly. A gentleman still living, and of undoubted veracity, 
who was brought up in the neighborhood of Union church, says that 
at about the year 1811, one morning, a Presbyterian clergyman, an 
elder in the church, and a judge of the court, all met at the still-house 
owned by another elder of the church, each of the three with his 
gallon jug, which he had filled with whisky. There were then three 
associate judges of the court; the other two did not need to go from 
home for whisky, as each had a still-house of his own. The still- 



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house was four niiles from where the judge lived, but I suppose that 
Presbyterian elders excelled in the manufacture of the beverage, as 
they usually do in whatever they undertake, for there were seven 
other still-houses nearer his home than tho one where they met. It 
must not be supposed that the judge was an intemperate man, or one 
against whose character anything could be said. He was a man uni- 
versally respected and whose reputation was never tarnished by a 
breath of suspicion, and was among, if not the very first, in the whole 
region to discover the bad effects of what was then a universal prac- 
tice, and soon became a most earnest and pronounced advocate of 
temperance, working with his might for the advancement of the 
cause, until he took a cold, which was the cause of his death, from 
exposure in going to speak at a temperance meeting. The minister 
and elders were also men of the best reputation and character. The 
Hon. E.. D. Mansfield describes the first temperance meeting which 
was held in Cincinnati, which took place in 1828: " The meeting was 
held at three o'clock in the afternoon, and, for those days, was really 
large and respectable. Many old citizens were present who were 
familiar with old whisky, and upon whose cheeks it blossomed forth 
in purple dyes. To these, and indeed to the great body of people in 
the West, a temperance speech was a new idea. Dr. Drake was the 
speaker, and they listened to him with respectful attention, and were 
by no means opposed to the object. The speech, however, was long. 
The doctor had arrayed a formidable column of facts. The day was 
hot, and after he had spoken for about an hour, without apparently 
approaching the end, some one, out of regard for the doctor's 
strength, or by force of habit, cried out, " Let's adjourn a while and 
take a drink." The meeting did adjourn, and McFarland's tavern 
being near by, the old soakers refreshed themselves with " old rye." 
The meeting again assembled, the doctor finished his speech and all 
went off well. Soon after, the temperance societies began to be 
formed, and the excitement then begun has continued to this day." 
Mr. Bell, an elder in the First Church, Chillicothe, tells of his staying 
one night at a country tavern at which, also, a minister who supplied 
a church in this Presbytery for a time, but who was never a member 
of it, had put up for the night. In the morning the landlord called 

to the preacher, saying: " Hurry up, Mr. >, and get your bitters; 

it is time for prayers." The preacher hurried up, took his dram of 
whisky and then conducted family worship. It would appear from 
this as though the temperance cause had made'considerable progress. 
Such a case now would certainly call for the exercise of some 
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Also, at the West Union meeting, " on inquiry it was found that 
there had been no settlement betweeen the trustees of West Union 
congregation and their pastor," (Dyer Burgess, who had been in- 
stalled i a April, 1821,) "since his installation; wherefore the church 
was directed to attend to this subject and report to Presbytery at 
their n9xt meeting." Dyer Burgess requested of this Presbytery 
"permission to travel for a few weeks without their bounds." This is 
a sample, from many others, to show something of the exercise of 
Episcopal supervision by the Presbytery in those days, the good old 
days. I think that now Pre3byt9iy would be surprised at such a 
request, and say: "It is of no use to ask us. Go if you want to, or 
have any business that calls you." Concord and Manchester were 
directed to settle with their pastors and report at the next meeting. 
When Presbytery met at Greenfield, October 9fch and 10th, 1828, 
Concord appears to have made settlement. In reference to West 
Union, a committee appointed reported the following resolution: 
ifc Resolved, that the West Union church be required to take such 
measures, in regard to their obligation to their pastor, as will, agreea- 
bly to the discipline of the church and the principles of moral duty, 
prevent the recurrence of such difficulties in future, and report to 
Presbytery at its next meeting. In Presbytery at Ripley, April 
1st and 2d, 1829, West Union reported settlement in full, and the 
pastoral relation between them and the Rev. Dyer Burgess was dis- 
solved. At the Greenfield meeting this action was taken in reference 
to Manchester: " Whereas, the church of Manchester has neglected to 
comply with the order of Presbytery, at their last meeting, requiring 
a settlement with their pastor, Resolved, That they be cited to appear 
before Presbytery, at the Spring meeting, to show cause, either by a 
settlement with their pastor or otherwise, why the relation between 
them and their pastor should not be dissolved." In the Ripley meet- 
ing, April, 1829, Manchester reported that they were engaged in 
attempting settlement with their pastor and had partially succeeded. 
They were directed to complete their settlement and to report at the 
Fall meeting. At West Union, September 29 to October 1, 1829, when 
they had settled, the pastoral relation between Mr. Williamson and 
the Manchester congregation was dissolved, " at the request of the 
parties." 

At the West Union meeting, April, 1828, there was a trial and 

decision worthy of notice. Mr. — : had been suspended by the 

session of the Rocky Spring church; what the charge against him 
was does not appear. He appealed to Presbytery when it met at 
Hillsborough, in September, 1827, but the Presbytery sustained the 



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session. After this the session had restored him to membership, and 
now he brings in a complaint against the session, the nature of which 
also does not appear, but Presbytery appointed the Rev. Mr. Graham 
to manage the appeHant's case. " The documents in the case were 
read, after which the parties were heard and withdrew. After dis- 
cussion, a motion was made to sustain the complaint, as far as 
respects the proceedings of session upon his restoration, which was 
carried in the affirmative. Nevertheless, as it appears from their 
records, that the session acted precipitately and irregularly in 

restoring Mr. , Presbytery decided that he be considered as 

standing in the same situation as before he was restored." Mr. 
did not take much by that motion. His complaint was sus- 
tained, but he was put out. The Stated Clerk, in the West Union 
meeting, April 13, 1828, laid on the table a printed memorial to the 
next General Assembly, by the Synod of Indiana, on the subject of 
slavery, which was read, and Presbytery referred the following ques- 
tions to the next General Assembly: "Is the man who buys or sells 
or holds a slave, for the sake of gain, a partaker in guilt with the 
man-stealer, and may such a one be admitted to, or continued in, the 
communion of the Presbyterian church?" 

In Presbytery at Ripley, April 1st and 2d, 1829, Ripley withdrew 
their call to the Rev. John Rankin and presented one for all his time, 
which was accepted and the relation between him and Straight Creek 
was dissolved; also that between the Rev. Nicholas Pittinger and 
Rocky Spring. Hugh Stewart Fullerton and Wm. Lyle Keys were 
taken under care of Presbytery as candidates for the ministry. Mr. 
Fullerton was given "An mors Christi vicaria sitf" as subject for 
Latin exegesis. At West Union, September 29th to October 1st, 
1829, he had 1st John 2: 1,2 given him as subject for critical exercise. 
At West Union, April 6-8, 1830, he read a critical exercise on the 
subject assigned him and was licensed April 8th, 1830, as the follow- 
ing record in the minutes declares: "The Presbytery proceeded to 
the # examination of Mr. Fullerton as to his knowledge of church 
history and the sacraments, which was sustained as parts of trial 
for licensure. Whereupon the Presbytery resolved to proceed to 
his licensure," of which the following is the record: "At West 
Union, the 8th day of April, 1830, the Presbytery of Chillicothe 
having received sufficient testimonials in favor of Hugh Stewart 
Fullerton, of his having gone through a regular course of literature, 
of his good moral character and of his being in the communion of the 
church, proceeded to take the usual parts of trial for his licensure; 
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ture, as to his experimental acquaintance with religion, and as to his 
proficiency in divinity, and other studies, the Presbytery did and 
hereby do express their approbation of all these parts of trial. 
And he having adopted the Confession of Faith of this church, and 
satisfactorily answered the questions appointed to be put to candi- 
didates to be licensed, the Presbytery did and hereby do license him, 
the said Hugh Stewart Fullerton, to preach the gospel of Christ, as a 
probationer of the holy ministry, within the bounds of this Presby- 
tery or wherever he shall be orderly called." Mr. Keys was given, 
as his subject for exegesis, "Quo modo lex usui sit fidelibusf At 
West Union, September 29th to October 1st, 1829, he requested leave 
to go to Andover Seminary, which was granted. At Chillicothe, 
April 3-5. 1832, he withdrew from the care of Presbytery on account 
of ill health; but having recovered, he again put himself under the 
care of Presbytery, at West Union, April 2-4, 1833, and was licensed 
at Red Oak, April 4th, 1834. But in Presbytery at Hillsborough, 
April 5-7, 1836, Mr. Keys returned his license to the Presbytery and 
retired from the work. This was done of his own will and I suppose 
on account of his health. At the Ripley meeting the following was 
presented from the Greenfield church: k< The session of the church 
at Greenfield request the advice of Presbytery in the following case, 
viz : A member of the church in taking a drove of hogs to Virginia, 
last fall or winter, repeatedly drove on the Sabbath. His plea is that 
he was late in getting to market, and provisions were becoming dear, 
and that, by resting on the Sabbath, these difficulties would have 
been considerably increased. By order of session. 

Samuel Ckotheks, Moderator." 

In answer to this, the following resolution was adopted, viz.: 
''Resolved, that the proceeding with a drove on the Sabbath is as 
really a violation of the fourth commandment as any other secular 
employment and that there is nothing in the plea, presented, in this 
case, which constituted an exception." 

At Hillsborough, April 30, 1829, Samuel Davis Blythe«was 
received, from the Presbytery of West Lexington, accepted a call 
from the church of Hillsborough and was installed at two o'clock 
the same day. The Rev. William Graham presided and gave the 
charge. The Rev. James Blythe, D. D., of We3t Lexington Pres- 
bytery, who was invited to sit as corresponding member, by 
invitation, preached the sermon. I suppose he had rode over on 
horseback, from Kentucky, to see his son installed. 

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was "Resolved; That a new synod be constituted by the name of 
k The Synod of Cincinnati,' to consist of the Presbyteries of Ohil- 
licothe, Cincinnati and Miami, and the Synod of Cincinnati shall 
hold their first meeting in Lebanon, on the fourth Thursday of 
October next, at eleven o'clock A. M., and shall be opened, with a 
sermon, by the Rev. James Kemper, or, in case of his absence, by 
the senior member present, who shall preside until a Moderator 
shall be chosen." Mr. Kemper was present and preached from 
the words of Jacob: "With my staff I passed over this Jordan and 
now I am become two bands." — Gen. 32:10. 

At West Union, September 29, October 1, 1829, the pastoral 
relation between the Rev. Wm. Williamson and the Manchester 
church was dissolved. The Rev. Nicholas Pittinger was made stated 
supply, at Pisgah, for one-fourth of his time, for one year. Straight 
Creek was granted permission to call itself the Presbyterian church 
of Georgetown. "A number of the inhabitants of Huntington 
township, Brown county, requested to be taken under the care of 
Presbytery and called the congregation of Huntington, which was 
granted." Thi3 is now in Gallia county, in the Presbytery of Ports- 
mouth, and in the Assembly's Minutes for 1888 is marked vacant; it 
has thirty members.' Presbytery unanimously adopted the following: 
"Resolved; That the buying, selling, or holding of a slave, for the 
sake of gain, i3 a heinous sin and scandal, and requires the cognizance 
of the judicatories of the church." John P. Vandyke, a licentiate, 
was received from the Presbytery of Miami and accepted a call 
from West Union, and was assigned John 6:37-40, as a text for trial 
sermon for ordination. Several members in connection with the 
church of Williamsburgh, requested permission to be organized into 
a church, to be known by the name of New Versailles The request 
was granted, provided the consent of Williamsburgh church be first 
obtained. But we hear no more of them. The Revds. Samuel 
Crothers and Wm Dickey were appointed a committee to report to 
Presbytery, at their next meeting, on "the mode of procedure 
proper to be observed in organizing churches." J ame3 Dunlap and 
Isaac Shepherd were taken under the care of Presbytery, as can- 
didates for the ministry. Mr. Dunlap was assigned as subject for 
Latin exegesis: "An Christus mortuns est pro nobis et pro peccatis 
nostrisl" and was directed to pursue his studies under the care of 
the Rev. James Giililand. He was licensed at Hillsborough, 
October 5, 1831. Mr. Shepherd was given for his exegesis : "An 
Christus sit DeusT and was grunted leave to study theology under 
R. H. Bishop, D. D., and in Presbytery at Hillsborough, October 



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5-6, 1830, he was recommended to the care of the Oxford Pres- 
bytery. But in Presbytery at Hillsborough, October 4-6, 1831, he 
returned his recommendation to Oxford Presbytery, which he had 
not presented to them, and was directed to prepare a critical exercise 
on Romans 8:2, that had been before assigned him; however, at 
Chillicothe, April 3-5, 1832, he withdrew from the care of Presbytery, 
sending them the following letter: 

Brown County, March 27, 1832. 
To the Presbytery of Chillicothe : 

It is with feelings of the deepest regret, that I am compelled to 
ask of Presbytery, permission to discontinue my theological studies. 
For doing this and for having deferred the reading of my critical 
exercise, I deem it a duty to offer my reasons. When I placed 
myself under the care of Presbytery, I did it under the impression 
that I had a talent for the ministry, and only needed its development 
by the ordinary course of means, to make me useful in that 
situation. In this I have been deceived. My difficulty consists in an 
inability to express my ideas, in any other than general terms, and 
never without having committed them to writing. My mind takes 
a general view of every subject, without being able to trace it 
through its rainiacations. That is, every proposition appears true or 
false at the first glance, and I can give some of the general, but not 
the particular reasons for its being so. Owing to this circumstance, 
I can express my ideas on any subject, in five or ten minutes, at 
most, and then I can say no more without repetition or introducing 
extraneous matter. Another difficulty arising from the same cause 
is this: I have never been able to pi ay in public, without a form, and 
until lately in my family. These difficulties, after a trial of more 
than two years, appear to me to be insuperable. They are such as 
can be appreciated but by few, except those who feel them. I will 
here remark that I commenced the study of Divinity "voluntarily. 
I considered it the most useful, the most honorable em- 
ployment of man. My views of the .subject have not changed. I 
relinquish it from necessity, and in doing so, I can say I am not 
actuated by any motives of interest or preferment, that this world 
holds out. I have no deep laid schemes of avarice or ambition to 
execute. My only prayer is that God may bless and direct, by his 
unerring Spirit, the talents which he has given me, so that whatever 
station I may occupy, I may be the humble instrument of advancing 
his glory and the good of my fellow beings. 

Respectfully, Isaac Shepherd. 

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resigned the office of Stated Clerk, and the Rev. Samuel D. Blythe 
was elected in his stead. The Rev. David Monfort was received from 
the Presbytery of Miami He supplied the Sharon church, (Wil- 
mington,) for a time, and at this meeting requested aid to enable 
them to build a house of worship, and the members were directed 
to ask aid for this purpose, from their several congregations. Mr. 
Monfort remained but a short time, being dismissed to the Presbytery 
of Crawfordsville, in the meeting at Hillsborough, October, 5-6, 
1830. David Monfort, D. D., was born in Adams county, Pennsyl- 
vania, March 7, 1790. He was educated in Transylvania University; 
graduated at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1817; was licensed 
by the Miami Presbytery in 1818, and soon became pastor of Bethel 
Church, in Oxford Presbytery. Here he labored for several years. 
Afterward he was stated supply for Terre Haute Church, Indiana. 
He was then one year at Wilmington and when he went to Craw- 
fordsville Presbytery, he became pastor at Franklin, Indiana, and 
continued there for twenty years. In 1851, he was a member of 
Whitewater Presbytery, and for a few years remained without charge. 
In 1857, he removed to Macomb, Illinois, where he died October 18. 
1860. He was much beloved by the people in the different churches 
to which he ministered. The Rev. Jesse H. Lockhart, from the* 
Presbytery of French Broad, was also received and a call was 
presented for him, from Eagle Creek, which it was decided could 
not be put into his hands until the "congregation make a more 
satisfactory statement of the means provided for his support." 

Messrs. Gilliland and Crothers, the committee appointed to 
prepare a pastoral letter to the churches under our care, on the 
subject of slavery, reported two forms of letters, both of which 
were adopted, and it was resolved that they be published together, 
and that eighteen thousand copies be printed. Messrs. Gilliland 
and Burgess were appointed a committee to attend to the 
publication, and one hundred dollars were subscribed by the 
members to defray the expense. J ames H. Dickey, David Monfort 
and Wm. Graham, a committee, reported the following 
plan, which was adopted for the conduct of the missionary 
operations of the Presbytery: "1st; That a committee consisting of 
four ministers and two elders be appointed, to whom shall be 
entrusted the management of missionary business, within the bounds 
of this Presbytery, whose duty it shall be to report their doings, at 
every Spring meeting of Presbytery. 2nd; That this committee, be 
directed to open a correspondence with the Assembly's Board of 
Missions, (established in 1816,) and with the American Home Mis- 



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as practicable o 
the destitute w 
all our congreg 



sionary 



Dome 



Congregationalist, 



nized and name changed from United 
ety of New York, not denominational, but 
Reformed and Presbyterian,) "and as far 
d of both these societies for the supply of 
>ounds. 3d; That it be recommended to 



to form themselves into Missionary Societies 



for the aid of Missions within our bounds, and that it shall be 
left to the several congregations, to choose to which of the above 
named societies application shall be made for aid in their behalf. 
4th; That Prpsbytery now elect this committee, and that two min- 
isters and one elder, having the greatest number of votes, serve 
for two years, the remainder for one year, and that hereafter one 
half the members be elected annually to serve two years." James 
H. Dickey and Samuel Grothers, and elder W. H. Allen were 
elected for two years; John Rankin and Wm, y Graham, and elder 
Thomas Kirker for one year. The Stated Clerk was directed to 
inform "the Presbytery of Columbu3 that Mr. Jones a member of 
that Presbytery had been, for some years past, supplying two 
congregations within our bounds, which have not had leave t<> 
apply for his services, save for six months long since elapsed. Mr. 
Jones was a member of the Presbytery of Columbus at its organ- 
ization, and continued in it, until his death; he was ordained in 
December, 1810, was pastor at Clear Creek, (Amanda,) Walnut Plain 
and Middletown, (Lithopolis,) and died, October, 1867. I remember 
having seen him once or twice at meetings of the Presbytery of 
Columbus. He was then quite an old man, but very active, for one 
of his age. He was very fond of music and in the early time, 
taught a great many singing schools. Dr. Hoge said of him that 
he could take up his whole time, during the week, riding from place 
to place, teaching singing, but never failed to preach a capital ser- 
mon on the Sabbath; how he prepared for preaching was a mystery. 
Mr. Vandyke's sermon was heard and sustained as part of his 
trial for ordination, and Presbytery resolved to ordain and install 
him, at West Union, on the Wednesday succeeding the first Tuesday 
in April, John Rankin to preach and James H. Dickey to preside 
and give the charge. 

The next meeting of Presbytery was accordingly held at West 
Union, Anril 6-8, 1830, and Mr. Vandyke was ordained and installed 
pastor of that church, April 7th. Mr. Rankin preached, according to 
appointment, from 2nd Timothy, 2:3. The Rev. Jesse Lockhart 
accepted a call, for naif his time, from Eagle Creek; and the Rev. 
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Gilliland to preside, with the Rev. John Rankin to be alternate to 
either at Mr. iLockhart's installation, the exact date of which is not 
given either here or at the next meeting of Presbytery, when the 
committee reported that he had been installed. Rocky Spring pre- 
sented a call for two-thirds of the ministerial labors of the Rev. 
Dyer Burgess, which he held for consideration, until the next 
mooting of Presbytery. The following presented by the committee 
appointed at the meeting of Presbytery in West Union, September, 
1829, and which, at the last meeting had been laid on the table, was 
taken up and adopted: "Resolved; That inasmuch as organizing 
churches is, in our "Form of Government, (Chap. 10, Sec. 8,) 
enumerated with the duties of Presbytery, all congregations within 
our bounds, who wish to be organized, must apply to Presbytery 
for the appointment of a committee for that purpose; and any 
organization of churches without such application and appointment 
will be considered by this Presbytery, as irregular." The Rev. 
Harvey O. Higley was received from the Presbytery of Newburyport. 
Mr. Higley, not attending the subsequent meetings of Presbytery, 
in Presbytery at Chillicothe, April 3-5, 1832, the Stated Clerk was 
directed to write to him on the subject of his moving out of the 
bounds of, and ab-.enting himself from, the meeting of Presbytery. 
At Red Oak, September 25-26, 1832, the Stated Clerk reported that 
satisfactory reasons had been given for Mr. Higley's long absence, 
and he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Lancaster. 

In Presbytery at Hillsborough, October 5-6, 1830, the church of 
Manchester presented a call for one-ha'lf the time of Lindley C. 
R utter, the consideration of which was postponed until Mr. Butter 
should obtain his dismission from the Presbyf ery of Philadelphia, of 
which he was a licentiate. Mr. Burgess informed Presbytery that he 
accepted the call from Bocky Spring, presented at the last meeting, 
and the last Tuesday of January was fixed as the time for his 
installation, Mr. Crothers to preach. Mr. Graham his alternate; Mr. 
James H. Dickey to preside and give the charge, Mr. Wro. Dickey 
his alternate. The Rev. James H. Dickey requested that the pastoral 
relation between him and the Concord church be dissolved, which 
was done, but Mr. Dickey was continued as stated supply, until the 
next Spring meeting, as was requested in a letter of which the 
following is a copy: "The congregation of Concord, having been 
informed by their present pastor, of his purpose to apply to Pres- 
bytery for a dissolution of the relation which has long subsisted 
between us, hereby express their consent to such a measure, 
provided Mr. Dickey be appointed to labor [among us, as a stated 



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supply, until the next meeting of Presbytery. We are induced to 
take this step that we may be in a situation the more readily to 
obtain the settlement of another pastor, speedily. Signed by 
order of the congregation met at Concord, this 27th day 
of September, 1830. Frederick Ware. John Henry and Andrew 
Hemphill, John Hamilton. Charles Briggs, James McConnell and 
Robert Stewart, Ruling Elders and Deacons." The Rey. Reuben 
White was dismissed to the Presbytery of Crawfordsville. Mr. 
White, after his pastoral relation with Xew Market and White Oak 
had been dissolved, in 1823, had for the greater part of the time been 
stated supply at Mount Leigh. 

Benjamin Templeton. a colored member of the Manchester 
church, was taken under the care of Presbytery to assist him in 
obtaining an education for the ministry. At the meeting of the 
Presbytery at Rocky Spring. January 25th and 26th, 1831, it was 
recommended that collections be taken up in the churches, to raise 
funds for his education until application in his behalf could be made 
to "a education society."' In Presbytery at Greenfield, October 
17-19, 1836, when he had to some extent pursued literary and theo- 
logical studies, in Indiana Theological Seminary, he was taken under 
the care of Presbytery as a candidate, and had parts of trial assigned 
him, and, in Presbytery at Hillsborough. April 3d and 4th, 1838, he 
was licensed and appointed to labor as missionary, for six months, in 
the Presbytery, under the direction of the education committee. In 
Presbytery at Ripley, September 11-14, 1838. he was appointed to 
labor as missionary and then to have leave to travel out of bounds. 
Where he went to does not appear, but likely into the Xew School, 
which was then, as we shall see, considered a hostile camp, a fortified 
place of the enemy. This Presbytery, however, seems even in the 
heat of the controversy, never to have lost their charity for the Xew 
School brethren. Mr. Pittinger was made stated supply at Pisgah. 
until the next Spring meeting. 

The next meeting of Presbytery was at Rocky Spring. January 
25th and 26th. 1831. when "the congregation of Rocky Spring, having 
declared themselves unable to comply with the terms of their call for 
the ministerial labors of Mr. Burgess, requested that his installation 
be indefinitely postponed, and the request was granted. Wm. B. 
Worrell, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Xew Castle, was received; 
after this he does not appear on the record. Mr. Worrell was a 
native of Pennsylvania and graduated at Princeton Seminary, and in 
its semi-centennial catalogue is marked as domestic missionary, no 
place being indicated of which he had been pastor. The case of a 



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member and Ruling Elder of the Rocky Spring church " charged 
with the profanation of the Sabbath by traveling," " in two instances," 
was referred to the Presbytery. The accused was heard in his 
defense and explanation, and " after deliberation, it was decided that 
Mr. , in both the above cases, was guilty of profaning the Sab- 
bath, and that the apologies offered do not exculpate him; and 
though he admits impropriety in the last day's travel, even this is so 
modified as not to be satisfactory. On the whole, Presbytery are of 

the opinion that Mr. has sinned and that he ought to be, and 

hereby is suspended from his office of Buiing Elder, and from the 
communion of the church, till he give evidence of repentance. 
Lindley C. Butter was received, a licentiate from the Presbytery of 
Philadelphia. At the meeting in Manchester,' April 5th and 6th, 

1831, he was ordained and installed pastor of the Manchester church, 
and in Presbytery at Hillsborough, October 4-6, 1831, the relation 
was dissolved and he was dismissed to the Presbytery of New Castle. 
Lindley Charles Butter was born at Pine Forge, Berks county, Penn- 
sylvania, September 3, 1807; received his classical education at Bead- 
ing, Pennsylvania, studied theology at Princeton Seminary, was 
licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, April 22, 1830. After 
leaving our Presbytery, January 29, 1833, he was installed pastor of 
the united churches of Centre and Upper Perry, Pennsylvania, from 
which he was released December 24, 1834. He was installed pastor 
of the united churches of Chestnut Level and Little Britain, May 22, 
1835; was released from the church of Little Britain April 10, 1860, 
and continued pastor of the church of Chestnut Level alone until 
released, April 13, 1875, on account of the failure of his health. He 
lived among the people he had served so long at Chestnut Level, 
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, until his death, which occurred 
March 2nd, 1882. He was an earnest and successful preacher of the 
gospel. 

Presbytery next met at Union, Merch 4th, 1831. The principal 
business of this meeting was to ordain and install the Bev. Hugh 
Stewart Fullerton. Dyer Burgess, however, was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Cincinnati, and Augustus Pomeroy was received from 
the Presbytery of Athens. His stay with us was but that of a way- 
faring man, for in Presbytery at Bed Oak, September 25th and 26th, 

1832, he was dimissed to Oxford, or to Cincinnati Presbytery, either of 
them, at his option. The Bev. Wm. Dickey had been appointed to 
preach at Mr. Fullerton's ordination, and the Bev. James H. Dickey 
to preside. Concerning this, the record in the minutes is, " The Pres- 
bytery proceeded to the ordination of Mr. Fullerton, and after a 



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sermon from 2nd Corinthians, 4:7, Hugh Stewart Fullerton was, 
agreeably to the order prescribed in our Form of Government, 
ordained to the work of the gospel ministry, and installed pastor of 
the Union Church." 

The next meeting of Presbytery was at Manchester, April 5-7 
1831. The Rev. Robert J. Hall was received from the Presbytery 
of Cincinnati aud appointed stated supply at Georgetown. "The 
treasurer was directed to pay to the treasurer of Synod five dollars 
from the Presbyterial fund, to defray in part the expense of pub- 
lishing an address on the subject of slavery, to be published by an 
order of Synod." ''It was resolved that in deciding on applications 
for admission to membership in this Presbytery, and in watching 
over those who are already members, we will consider a connection 
with a Masonic fraternity unlawful and inexpedient." This I sup- 
pose referred only to ministers, though it may possibly have referred 
to membership in the churches. The Sandy Spring church had 
" leave to apply for the lalbors of Mr. Eleazer Brainerd, of the Pres- 
bytery of Athens, till next meeting of Presbytery." Messrs. Rankin 
and Rutter were appointed to organize a church in Huntington, and, 
at the next meeting, reported that they had done so. Huntington 
had been for some time an unorganized congregation under our 
care. " It was resolved that trafficking in ardent spirits, except for 
medicinal and mechanical purposes, is inconsistent with a Christian 
profession; and that church sessions be, and they are hereby, enjoined 
to use all proper measures for banishing' this sin from the church ; 
and the Stated Clerk was directed to send a copy of this resolution to 
all the churches under our care." 

At the meeting in Hillsborough, October 4-6, 1831, it was 
announced and put on record that, "on the 23d of April last, the Rev. 
Nicholas Pittinger was removed by death." Mr. Pittinger had been 
an active member of Presbytery for the greater part of the time since 
October, 1810, when he. was received from the Presbytery ot Hartford, 
and accepted calls from Nazareth, Rocky Spring and New Market, 
each for one-third of his time. The last references to him, in the 
minutes, being when he was appointed stated supply for one year, 
one- fourth of his time, at Pisgah, in the fall of 1829, and then at Hills- 
borough in 1830; October 5th and 6th, he was made "stated supply 
at Pisgah until next spring," and in the record of the meeting at 
Rosky Spring, January, 1831, which reads thus: "It being under- 
stood that the church in Clinton is supplied and that the Rev. N. Pit- 
tinger is unable, through ill health, to preach at Pisgah, Messrs. 
Crothers and J. Dickey were directed to fill their mission of eight 



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days at Pisgah and Sinking Spring-." I suppose that Clinton means 
Clinton county, as I have found no church of that name. Mr. Pit- 
tinger was buried at Rocky Spring 

The Rev. Wilson C. Hollyday, at my request, has written as fol- 
lows: "Mr. Pittinger was stout, tall and erect in person, square 
across the shoulders, and had an intelligent and commanding counte- 
nance. He preached with intense earnestness, straight from the 
heart. He threw the shot and shell of God's word thick and fast- 
Every small boy and girl, every father and mother, every grandfather 
and grandmother, delighted to see the goodly shake of his head and 
hear the trumpet tones of his voice, as it rolled out on his audience, 
rattling with the thunders of Sinai. He had large congregations, and 
especially in summer and at communion seasons, which were gener- 
ally held in a grove, as the house would not hold half the people." I 
think, too, that he must have been very strict in the exercise of 
discipline, since Mr. Hollyday writes that, during his ministry at 
Rocky Spring: "Big John Wilson was digging a mill-race, and the 
whole community being interested, turned out to assist. There were, 
I think, about sixty persons present. To get done that day they 
chose captains and divided ; one captain and his men took the north 
end of the race, the other the south end, and to work they went, each 
striving to have his end finished first. I was one of them, and we 
made the dirt fiy out with a will; we worked in earnest. When 
dinner-time came neither party would go, each saying to the other, 
" you go first." To decide the dispute, the captains tcok a chip, spit 
on one side and threw it up, one saying wet, and the other dry, and 
if the wet side was up when it came to the ground, then the wet had 
it. I was one of the party that went to dinner first, by the decision 
of the chip, and I was glad, for I was hungry and wanted my dinner. 
Elder Wm. Wilson was one of the captains, and for this appeal 
to the lot Mr. Wilson was called before the session. As it was 
a customary thing everywhere, and nothing had been said against it, 
Mr. Wilsoo said he had done nothing wrong; but Mr. Pittinger and 
the other elder said he had, and that it was an improper use of the 
lot; and so the discussion of the lot began among all the community, 
and even among the boys in the schools, as the chip was their favorite 
way of tossing up and choosing their places on the play-ground. 
The sentiments of the Rev. Mr. Pittinger and the session prevailed, as 
being correct in principle, and the practice of throwing up the chip 
on such occasions was abandoned and not used in the schools, nor at 
any neighborhood gathering. As Mr. Wilson still contended that he 
had not done wrong, and he and the session could not agree, he was 



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suspended and the session would not restore him, except on confession 
that he had done wrong. Mr. Wilson then made a visit to the Rev. 
R. G. Wilson, D. D., then of Athens, to ask for counsel and advice. 
Dr. Wilson told him that the session was correct in principle, but 
owing to the common custom, in the use of the lot, the sentence of 
the session should be mild, and adyised him to go back and confess 
as far as he could, and admit that while he did not intend any wrong, 
yet the principle claimed by the session was correct. This confession 
and admission was readily accepted and they gladly restored that 
best elder, and the sacredness of the lot was ever afterward regarded 
in that community." " How great a matter a little lire kindleth." 
But Dr. Wilson was wise, as he always was, in putting out such 
tires without leaving smoke and stench. Mr. Samuel Strain, one of 
the good men, who were elders in the Rocky Spring church, was 
married four times and was the father of twenty-two children, the 
twenty-lirst of whom, and the only one liying of the whole family, is 
my old friend, the Rev. David J. Strain, the excellent pastor of the 
church of Virginia, in the State of Illinois. 

The Rev. J acob W. Eastman, from the Presbytery of Newbury- 
port, in Massachusetts, was received into Presbytery and accepted a 
call for one-half bis time from Rocky Spring. The Rev. Samuel 
Crothers was appointed to preach at his installation, and the Rev. 
James H. Dickey to preside, with the Rev. Wrn. Dickey and Wm. 
Graham their alternates. The congregation of Ebenezer, in Brown 
county, was, at their request, taken under the care of this Presbytery, 
and Samuel Elder took his seat, as a representative of that congrega- 
tion. The Rev. Robert J. Hall accepted a call from Georgetown, and 
the Rev. James Gilliland was appointed to preach, and the Rev. J. P, 
Vandyke to preside at his installation, with the Revs. John Rankin 
and Jesse H. Lockart their alternates. The congregation at Salem 
were permitted to change their call to Mr. Dickey, " so as to secure 
three-fourths of his ministerial labors, for which they promise him 
two hundred and ninety dollars." " The committee appointed at the 
last meeting, on the communication from Baltimore Presbytery rela- 
tive to foreign missions, reported the following resolution, which was 
adopted, viz.: Resolved; That the command of our Lord and the 
perishing condition of the heathen world loudly call upon us to 
co-operate with our brethren, who are engaged and those who are 
engaging in the work of foreign missions, and to endeavor to arouse 
the churches under our care to greater co-operation in this important 
work." The Board of Foreign Missions was established . in 1837. 
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Western Foreign Missionary Society. The American Board of Com- 
missioners for Foreign Missions, to which many of our churches long 
contributed, and to which I suppose reference was made in the above, 
in the words, " who are engaged, etc.," had been engaged in the work 
for some years, having been incorporated by the Legislature of 
Massachusetts in June, 1812. 

The following question was proposed to Presbytery: "What is 
the duty of sessions toward members who withdraw from the Presby- 
terian church and connect themselves with other denominations, 
without asking a dismission?" Presbytery answered, " When any 
person shall, without giving notice of his intention, or applying for a 
dismission, leave the Presbyterian church and join a church of a 
different denomination, his conduct shall be considered criminal, 
requiring the cognizance of the church courts." I think that now we 
would consider it a " good riddance of bad rubbish," and not worthy 
of anybody's "cognizance." Ebenezer, in Brown, obtained leave 
to apply to the Presbytery of Cincinnati, for supplies until the 
next stated meeting. George G. Poage and Joseph T. Irwin were 
taken under the care of Prebytery as candidates for the ministry. 
Mr. Poage attended the succeeding meetings of Presbytery and was 
licensed at Bloomingburgh, at the meeting of September 24-26, 1833. 
In Presbytery at Salem, September 1835, he accepted a call from 
Bainbridge for one-half of his time and was ordained and installed 
pastor at Bainbridge, April 8, 1836. James H. Dickey preached from 
1st Cor., 1: 17. Wm. Gage gave the charge to minister and people. 
His pastorate there; however, was a very short one, as the relation 
was dissolved in Presbytery at Greenfield, October 17-19, 1836. 

In Presbytery at West Union, April 4-7, 1837, Mr. Poage was 
dismissed to the Sydney Presbytery. Mr. Irwin was given, as the 
subject for his Latin exegesis, "Quid fundamen est Justificationis 
peccatoris apud DeMmf and afterward had, for his critical exercise, 
Bom. 6:17; for popular lecture Heb. 6 from 16th verse to the end 
of the chapter; and for his popular sermon, James 2:17. He was 
licensed at Bloomingburgh September 28, 1833. Mr. Poage and Mr. 
Irwin both studied theology with Dr. Crothers. 

The next was an intermediate meeting, at Chillicothe, January 
17-18, 1832. The Revds. Gamaliel Beaman and Wm. Gage were 
received into Presbytery the first day of the Session, on a certificate 
of which the following is a copy: 

"New York, Dec. 23, 1831." 
"This certifies that Rev. Gamaliel Beaman and Rev. Wm. Gage, 
are members, in good and regular standing, of the Third Presbytery 



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of New York 3 and are hereby, at their own request, dismissed to 
unite with the Presbytery of Chillicothe. By order of Presbytery. 

H. G. Ludlow, Stated Clerk." 
There was great trouble, in the Chillicothe Church, many being 
greatly dissatisfied with the pastor, others warmly attached to him. 
A member of the cliurch had written to the Presbytery, finding fault 
with Mr. Graham's methods and doctrine, charging him, among 
other things, with hurrying over the administration of baptism, "in a 
kind of irreverent manner;" "Neglecting to read the words of the 
institution, in the administration of the Lord's Supper, not debar- 
ring the ignorant, profane, etc.; substituting as a text, or foundation, 
for his Wednesday evening lectures, the words of men," "that is 
some expression from a hymn sung, or a portion read from a news- 
paper, or pamphlet, instead of the Word of God." For frequently 
introducing trite, stale and common ideas, in order to fill up different 
parts of his discourse," etc., etc. "For advancing, from the pulpit, 
doctrines to the following effect: 1st; That a man ought to be 
willing to be damned for the glory of God. 2nd; That the Spirit of 
God never worked on an unregenerate heart, or on the heart of the 
wicked." This was presented to Presbytery, at its meeting in April 

1831. But "Presbytery decided that there was no ground for 
taking up these charges." The trouble grew, however, and there 
was a communication presented to Presbytery, at this January 
meeting, as follows: "We, the undersigned, members of the First 
Presbyterian Church, in Chillicothe, and others, laboring under diffi- 
culties which, to us, appear to be grievous to be borne and desiring 
to have the ministrations of the Word of God, which we cannot 
enjoy under present arrangements to edification, pray your reverend 
body to dissolve the pastoral relation existing between us and 
the Rev. Wm. Graham." This was signed by forty- five persons. 
Among other papers presented, there was one dated January 16, 

1832, in which it was stated that the persons who had subscribed 
for the support of Mr. Graham and "who are warmly in favor 
of his continuance, represent seventy-three communicants; the 
names of the subscribers are also given and the amount sub- 
scribed $476. The record of the meeting of Presbytery begins: 
"The Presbytery of Chillicothe met, on the call of the Mod- 
erator, to decide on the expediency of dividing the First Pres- 
byterian Church of Chillicothe, or, of dissolving the pastoral 
relation existing between the Rev. William Graham and the 
said congregation. Papers being called for, there was presented 
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and a request for the dissolution of the pastoral relation, existing 
between the Rev. Wm. Graham, and said congregation: also a 
request, from a part of the congregation, for the continued labors of 
Mr Graham in case the congregation be divided." The papers were 
committed to the Revds. Samuel Crothers, James H. Dickey and 
Wm. Dickey, which committee made the following report, which 
was adopted: u The committee to whom was referred the petition 
for the dissolution of the connexion between Brother Graham and 
his congregation, report; That from all that has come before them, it 
appears that, since Mr. Graham first came among this people, he has 
labored as a faithful and a zealous minister, and that a majority 
of about two- thirds of them are much attached to him and willing to 
make considerable sacrifice to retain him, as their pastor; yet such is 
the dissatisfaction existing among the minority, and their anxiety 
for a dissolution of the connexion, that in view of the whole case, it 
is their opinion, that regard to the future comfort and usefulness of 
Brother Graham, as well as the peace and prosperity of the 
congregation, requires that they should recommend the following 
resolution, viz: Resolved; That the pastoral relation existing between 
the Rev. Wm. Graham and the First Presbyterian church of 
Chillicothe be dissolved, and that said church be, and it hereby is, 
declared vacant." The resolution was adopted and Presbytery then 
adjourned. 

In 1830 there were, in the whole church, 1,491 ministers, 2,158 
churches, 173,327 communicants, who contributed, for benevolent 
purposes, $184,192. < 



GH AFTER V. 



When Presbytery] met again, in Chillicothe, April 3-5, 1832, it 
had fourteen ministers enrolled. The pastors were James Gilliland, 
at Red Oak, then probably the largest church in the Presbytery; 
Samuel Crothers, at Greenfield; Samuel D. Blythe, at Hillsborough; 
Wm. Dickey, at Bloomingbargh; James H. Dickey, at Salem; Jacob 
W. Eastman, at Rocky Spring; Hugh Stewart Fullerton, at Union; 
Robert J. Hall, at Georgetown ; and John P. Vandyke, at West 
Union. In addition there was Wm. Graham lately pastor at 
Chillicothe; William Wiliamson, without charge; H. O. Higley living 
out of bounds; Wm. Gage and Gamaliel Beaman who had but 
recently come inio the Presbytery. 

Bloomingburgh had leave to employ Mr. Dickey, for the 
remaiDing fourth of his time, so that he was now to be fully 
occupied with that church. Concord and Pisgah presented calls for 
the Rev. Wm. Gage, the former for two-thirds, the latter for one- 
third of his time, which he accepted, and the Rev. J. W. Eastman 
was appointed to preach, and Wm. Dickey to preside at his 
installation, the second Wednesday of June, with S. Crothers and G. 
Beaman alternates. 

The Judical Committee, to which was committed the reference, 
from the session of West Union, reported, " That it was the case of a 
man charged with the sins of attending a Masonic Lodge, denying 
the proper divinity of the Son of God, and the personality of the 
Holy Spirit, and also of contumacy, and therefore does not require 
the interference of Presbytery; especially when the session assign 
no reason for such interference; and they recommend that the case 
be remanded to the session of West Union, that they may proceed 
therein, according to the discipline of the church." It would not be 
hard to tell what the session did with him. Poor fellow, he ought to 
have called for a division of the question. Verily these good men, 
our fathers, did sometimes very much mix things, "The committee 
to which was referred the question, submitted by the synod of New 
York, viz: Is baptism, by a Roman Catholic Priest, valid? made a 
report which was adopted: "That, in their opinion, this question 
ought to be answered in the negative, because the defection, 
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recognize .them even as a branch of the church of Christ, and this, 
perhaps, the Presbytery ought now, the rather to say, because, as 
we believe, the advocates of that heresy, are now practicing a 
system of concealment, and insinuating themselves, inio the confi- 
dence of many who have no suspicion of their corruption." The 
Assembly of 1875 declared, "That the decision of the question, 
(concerning baptizing a convert from Eomanism) be left to the 
judgment of each church session, guided by the principles gov- 
erning the subject of Baptism, as laid down in the standards of 
our church. Min. 1875, p. 514. The church of Ebenezer, in Brown 
county, had leave to take the name of New Ebenezer. 

The following petition was presented "To the Presbytery of 
Chillicothe, to meet in Chillicothe, April, 1832. The undersigned, 
members of the First Presbyterian church and congregation of 
Chillicothe, would respectfully represent that it is their opinion and 
belief that their own spiritual welfare, and the glory of the head of 
the church, would be best promoted by their existence as a separate 
church. They would therefore pray you, to set them off and form 
them into a separate church and congregation, which shall be known 
and designated by the name of the Second Presbyterian church, of 
Chillicothe." This was signed by forty- six members and seven 
supporters. The prayer of these petitioners was not granted and 
Nathaniel Sawyer, one of the petitioners, gave notice that he would 
complain, to Synod. The Rev. Dyer Burgess was received from the 
Presbytery of Cincinnati and the Rev. John Forbush from the 
Presbytery of Athens. Mount Pleasant presented a call for the Rev. 
H. S. Fullerton, but the church was informed that the Presbytery 
could not regularly present the call to Mr. Fullerton, unless it came 
through the Presbytery of Columbus, in which the church was. The 
church of Chillicothe asked leave to employ Mr. Fullerton, as stated 
supply for one year, and it was resolved, that Mr. Fullerton have 
leave to supply that church for half time, until the next stated 
meeting of Presbytery. ''A petition was presented from some 
members, late of the church of Felicity, requesting to be organized 
into a church. John Rankin, Robert J. Hall and elder Duncan 
Evans were appointed a committee to meet there, and, if they 
deemed it expedient to organize them." This committee reported 
in the meeting at West Union April, 1833, "that they had organized 
the above "members" into a church to be known by the name of 
Unity. 

White Oak church asked : " What is the duty of the church session 
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to God, in the ordinance of baptism, on account of doubts • and diffi- 
culties in their minds respecting the rights of infants to that ordi- 
nance ?" Presbytery answered, "that they should endeavor to in- 
struct such persons better and bear with them patiently." At Chilli- 
cothe, October 10th and 11th, 1832, the call from Mount Pleasant was 
put into Mr. Fullerton's hands, which, however, he did not accept. 
James Dunlap was appointed to labor three months as " a missionary 
in the vacancies and destitute settlements." John Wright McCor- 
mick was taken under care of Presbytery to be educated for the 
ministry. The Rev. Win. Graham was dismissed to the Presbytery 
of Cincinnati. He finally went into the New School church. Tke 
following petition was presented : 

Piketon, October 2nd, 1832. 

To Chillicothe Presbytery : 

Reverend and Dear Brethren — We, the undersigned, believing 
it to be for the honor of God, for the promotion of the cause of 
Christ, in this place, and for the promotion of our own spiritual 
welfare and growth in the Christian graces, do petition your body to 
be organized into a church. The reasons for this petition are known 
to most of the members of Presbytery, some of which are the follow- 
ing: 1st. We have the prospect of enjoying the stated means of 
grace another year. 2d. There is no Presbyterian church in this 
county. 3d. We are, and many of us have long been like sheep 
without a shepherd, and we feel that to be united into erne body 
would be a great privilege, would be the means of promoting our 
personal piety and oar acquaintance with each other as the professed 
followers of Christ, and would make us more watchful and guarded 
in our daily conduct and deportment. 4th. We feel the need of being 
watched over by our Christian brethren, of being encouraged and 
strengthened by each other's counsels and warnings and prayers, and 
affectionately reproved of our faults, and the aiding each other in our 
Christian warfare. For these and many other reasons, which are 
obvious to Presbytery, we hope and pray that our petition may be 
granted, if, in your wisdom, it should not be deemed inexpedient. 
G. C. Beaman, E. G. Beaman, John Mearus, Jane Mearus, Sarah 
Pascall, Samuel Reed, James Henderson, Lavise Steenberger, 
Rachael Henderson, Jonas M. Anderson, Silas C. Anderson, Eliza- 
beth Ann Stokes, Sarah Larance, Margara Ostrander, Wm. Hampton, 
Mordecai James, Mary James, Robert Clark, Sarah Ann Howard, 
John Corolus, John Gilbert, Elizabeth Butt, Ezekiel Matthews, 
Letice Matthews." James H. Dickey, H. S. Fullerton, Wm. Gage, 
and elders Robert Stewart and Anthony Walke, were appointed a 



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coimnittee to visit Piketon, aud if it appeared to them expedient, 
to organize a church there. This committee reported at West Union, 
that they had organized a church, which was to be known by the 
name of Piketon. Francis Rutherford, a licentiate of the Genesee 
Consociation, was taken under care of Presbytery. Mr. Rutherford 
remained under the care of Presbytery until the meeting April 2-4, 

1833, when he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Madison. John 
Calvin Eastman and Elias Vandeman were taken under care of Pres- 
bytery as candidates for the ministry. Mr. Eastman attended the 
succeeding meetings of Presbytery ; read a Latin exegesis, a critical 
exercise from 1st Peter, 3 : 10, to end ; popular lecture, Matt. 11 : 27, to 
end; and popular sermon, Acts, 16: 3. All of these were sustained as 
parts of trial, and he was licensed at Union, Friday, September 19 1 

1834, Mr. Vandeman, who was a graduate of Ohio University at 
Athens, in the meeting at West Union, April, 1833, read a Latin 
exegesis from " An Christus pro omnibus mortuus sit % " and at 
Bloomingburgh, September, 1833, read a critical exercise from 2nd 
Peter, 1: 16, to end, and then was, at his own request, dismissed to 
the Presbytery of Columbus, by which he was licensed, and in May, 

1835, ordained and installed at Truro and Hamilton; after preaching 
to which churches, for a short time, he died. 

At the meeting at West Union, April 2-4, 1833, James Dunlap 
reported that he had labored two months and a half, as a missionary, 
and the treasurer was ordered to pay him seventy-five dollars for his 
services. The Rev. Robert Rutherford was received from the Pres- 
bytery of Lancaster and made stated supply at White Oak, until the 
next stated meeting of Presbytery, with leave to labor half his time, 
as a missionary, at New Market. He was dismissed to the Presby- 
tery of Wabash, at West Union, April 4-7, 1837. Dyer Burgess was 
made stated supply at Sandy Spring, for one year. The Rev. John 
Forbush accepted a call from Mount Leigh, and the Revds. Jacob 
Eastman was appointed to preach and S. D. BJythe to preside at Jhis 
installation, with J. P. Vandyke and R. J. Hall their alternates. The 
relation between the Rev. H. S. Fullerton and the Union Church was 
dissolved, and Mr. Fullerton accepted a call from Chillicothe, and the 
Revds. S. Crothers to preach and J. H. Dickey to give the charge, 
were appointed to install him, with Wm. Dickey and S. D. Blythe 
their alternates. 

The following resolutions, concerning missions, were adopted; 
"Resolved, 1st. That this Presbytery conduct its own missionary 
operations. 2d. That an itinerant plan of performing missionary 
labors be adopted, 3d. That, for the present, this Presbytery be 



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divided into two districts, and that John P. Vandyke, James Gilliland 
and Thomas Douglass be a committee, for the southern division, to 
report at the next meeting of Presbytery, the line of division, and 
make arrangements respecting the preaching places in these districts, 
the manner of raising funds for the itinerant preachers, and a selec- 
tion of suitable persons to ride in this service." It does not appear 
that very much came from this arrangement. The following pream- 
ble and resolutions were unanimously adopted, and the Stated Clerk 
was directed to forward them to the Stated Clerk of the General 
Assembly: "Whereas, there exists in the Presbyterian church an 
unhappy diversity of opinion respecting the division of Presbyte- 
ries according to elective affinity, and as it is doubtful whether any 
decision of the Assembly, on that subject, would put the question to 
rest and produce a uniformity of practice in the Synods, therefore, 
Resolved: That the next General Assembly be requested to send 
down to the Presbyteries the following question, viz.: Shall the 
second section of the tenth chapter of our Form of Government be 
amended by adding to it the following words: Described by geo- 
graphical limits?" 

The New School controversy was beginning to show signs of its 
coming. Thomas S. Williamson M. D., a ruling elder, of the Ripley 
church, was taken under care of the Presbytery, as a candidate for 
the ministry. He attended the succeeding meetings, read a Latin 
exegesis on "An mors Christi vicaria sitf" Critical exercise on 
Ps. 2, from the 7th verse to the end; preached from Mark 16:16, and 
was licensed, at Red Oak April 4, 1834. At Union September 18, 
1834, having been appointed by the A. B. C. F. M. as Foreign 
Missionary, he was ordained as an evangelist. This was the eminent 
and excellent Dr. Williamson, so long a missionary to the Indians. 
In Presbytery, at Blooniicgburgh, September 24-26, 1833, the 
relation between the Rev. Samuel D. Blythe and the Hillsborough 
Church was dissolved. Mr. Blythe also resigned the office of stated 
clerk and the Rev. John P. Vandyke was elected to that office. Mr. 
Blythe was dismissed to the Presbytery of Madison. The Rev. Mr. 
Chute of the Miami Presbytery, being present, took his seat as a 
corresponding member, and "The communication of James Hoge, 
informing Presbytery that there was still a balance due Mr. Chute for 
his ministerial services, in the Ohio Penitentiary, of 149.50, was taken 
up. Whereupon, the treasurer of Presbytery was directed to inquire 
at Synod, the proportion due from this Presbytery, that the amount 
may be furnished him." The subject of Foreign Missions was taken 
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cherish an undiminished confidence in A. JB. C. F. M., and recommend 
. increased exertions, to our churches, for sustaining the operations of 
that Board. 2nd. Resolved, That while this Presbytery approves of 
the measures of the Western Foreign Missionary Society, especially 
those which relate to sending missionaries to Western Africa, 
they conceive it inexpedient to become auxiliary, as a Presbytery, to 
that Society, although they recommend it to the confidence of those 
within our bounds, who may feel disposed to contribute to its funds. 
3d. Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the 
Corresponding Secretary of the Western Foreign Missionary Society. 

Robert Rutherford was appointed stated supply at White Oak, 
for half time, until the next meeting, and the other half at New 
Market. Union had leave to employ James Dunlap for half his time, 
until the next meeeting, and for the other half he was to work as a 
missionary. The subject of using tokens, on sacramental occasions, 
was taken up, and "on motion, Presbytery decided that the use of 
them is proper and often necessary and should not, therefore, be 
discontinued." The committee to prepare a consolidated report, on 
the subject of Missions, reported the following which was adopted : 
"1st. That Presbytery be considered as one missionary district. 
2nd. That the following places be considered as points of particular 
attention, viz : Union, Bainbridge, Bourneville, Ebenezer, Manchester, 
Hnntinsrton, Sinking Spring, Unity, Cedarville, Wilmington and 
vicinity, Hillsborough, Washington, Dunkeld's School House, Orr's 
School House, Yankeytown, Clark's Prairie, West Liberty, W T ade's 
settlement and the several black settlements, within our bounds. 3d. 
That each stated minister, within our bounds, be requested to lay 
this subject before his congregation and take up a collection, at least 
once a year, and that a missionary sermon be preached at each 
meeting of Presbytery. 4th. That as far as practicable all appli- 
cations, for the appointment of missionaries, be made to Presbytery, 
and that the selection of missionaries be made by Presbytery, at the 
stated meetings, and that a committee of three ministers and two 
elders be appointed to act in the interim." 

Joseph G. Wilson A. B., of Western Reserve College, was taken 
under care as a candidate for the ministry. After having, at the 
several intervening meetings, read his Latin exegesis, his critical 
exercise from John 6:63, his popular iecbure from Mat. 13:24-30 and 
preached his popular sermon from Ps. 73:28, all of which parts of 
trial were approved, he was licensed, in Presbytery at Hillsborough, 
April 7, 1836. 

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McDonald was received from the Presbytery of Sangamon; at the 

meeting preceding, the Manchester church had been granted leave 
to employ him. He did not remain long in Presbytery; at the 
meeting in Union, the next September after he was received, he 
obtained leave to labor, out of bounds, and in September 1835, at 
Salem, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Palestine. The Rey. 
Samuel Steel of West Lexington Presbytery, being present, was 
invited to sit as a corresponding member, and granted leave to 
labor in our bounds, until the next meeting of Presbytery. "On 
application made in hphalf of the people of color, in Brown county, 
Presbytery "Resolved to establish a school or schools among them, 
and Messrs. Burgess, Rutherford and Win Keys were appointed a 
committee to devise a plan for raising the necessary funds." This 
committee made the following report which was adopted : "Resolved, 
1st. That an education committee of five, be appointed, whose 
duty it shall be to raise funds, to employ a teacher or teachers, to 
superintend the school or schools and to report to Presbytery, at'each 
meeting, the state of the funds and of the school generally. 2nd. 
That a subscription be immediately opened for money, to be paid to 
the committee within three months. 3d. That each member of 
Presbytery be appointed an agent to solicit donations and forward 
them to some member of the committee as soon as practicable." 
James Gilliland, Dyer Burgess, Robert Rutherford, Archibald 
Hopkins and Abraham Pettyjohn were appointed this committee. 
A request was made by sundry persons in the neighborhood of 
Clark's Prairie, for the half of Mr. James Dunlap's labors, for one 
year. This was granted, and the people of that neighborhood 
were recommended to the Assembly's Board of Missions for 
assistance. The Presbytery sent a memorial to the Assembly on 
the subject of Slavery. 

In Presbytery, at Hillsborough, June 4th, 1834, the Rev. 
Samuel Steel was received from the Presbytery of West Lexington. 
"A call was then presented from the church of Hillsborough, for 
the pastoral labors of Mr. Steel, which was put into his hands and 
by him accepted. It was then resolved that the installation of 
Mr. Steel be performed on Friday the 13th instant, and that Mr. 
Crothers preach, on the occasion, and Win. Dickey be his alternate, 
and that James H. Dickey preside and give the charge, and Jacob 
W. Eastman be his alternate." That Friday was a lucky day for 
the Hillsborough church. "A petition from several persons, of 
Clark's Prairie, praying to be organized into a church, was taken 
up and James H. Dickey, Wm, Gage John Finch and James 



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McCoy, were appointed to organize the church, and, if they find 
the way clear, to do so." This committee reported at Union, the 
next September, that they organized a church, by name, Green- 
land. To the question: "Does it belong to the office of Deacon, 
to assist at the administration of the Lord's Supper 1" the 
Presbytery answered: "Resolved, Thai in the judgment of this 
Presbytery, neither the Scriptures, nor our Form of Government, 
have assigned the work of handing around the elements, in 
administering the Lord's Supper, to any particular office, or person, 
and that therefore no reasonable objection can be made to the 
Deacons assisting, if the Session require it." Mr. James Dunlap 
preached a sermoD, from Ps. 17:15, which was sustained as a trial 
sermon for ordination, and Presbytery agreed to ordain him at the 
next- meeting, and install him pastor at Union, to which he had 
accepted a call, in April, at Red Oak, and appointed James H. 
Dickey to preach, and Samuel Crothers to preside and give the 
charge, with James Gillilandand John Rankin alternates. 

The next meeting was, therefore, at Union, September 17-19, 
1834, when Mr. Dunlap was ordained and installed, and Dr. 
Williamson was ordained as an evangelist, on the 18th, and John C. 
Eastman licensed the 19th. Joseph T. Irwin was made stated 
supply, at Sharon. "The church of Ebenezer presented a request 
for a change of name to that of Bainbridge, which was granted." . 
"The committee appointed on the subject of Communion reported, 
which report was amended and adopted, and is as follows, viz: 
According to our form of Government, the power of admitting 
persons to communion, in all organized churches, is wholly vested 
in the church session. Our Book of Discipline recognizes only two 
ways by which church sessions are to judge of the qualifications of 
those whom they admit to communion. One by examination, or 
personal acquaintance. The other by well authenticated certificate. 
In view of these general principles, the committee recommend the 
following resolutions, viz: 1st. Resolved, That the piactice of 
inviting, to our communion, all persons who are in regular standing, 
in other evangelical churches, is unconstitutional and highly 
dangerous. 2nd. Resolved, That the members of other churches 
adopting our Confession of Faith and Form of Government, and 
also of such bodies as have entered into stipulations with our 
General Assemblies, for inter-communion, between the two bodies, 
may be received, on authentic certificates. 3d. Resolved, That 
should members of other churches, not adopting our Form of 
Government, and having no connection with our General Assembly, 



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wish to commune with us, they ought to be admitted only on exami- 
nation, and the same evidence of piety should be required of them 
which we require of our own members. 4th. Resolved, That no 
person should be received into the communion of our church, either 
on certificate or examination, who refuses to be under the care and 
government of some evangelical church." 

At Red Oak, October 14th and 15th, 1834, " the committee on 
education among the colored people reported, whereupon, that com- 
mittee was authorized to employ a teacher, in the lower settlement, 
for at least six months, and the Presbytery pledge themselves for his 
support." Sinking Spring promising to pay John Forbush two hun- 
dred dollars for his labors, for one year, was recommended to the 
Board of Missions, for aid, Presbytery not having sufficient funds 
to provide further for his support. The following was adopted as 
the form of commission and instruction to missionaries of this 
Presbytery : 

" To J L : 

"Dear Brother — You are hereby commissioned to labor as a 
missionary, in the vacancies and destitute places, within the bounds 
of the Chiliicothe Presbytery, for the term of . In perform- 
ing this service you are expected and required to endeavor to find 
out the most destitute neighborhoods, and to preach the gospel to 
them as God may give you opportunity, being careful, as far as 
practicable, to send forward your appointments in due time. When 
you go into a destitute settlement, try to find out the person or 
persons who will be most likely to favor your designs, and consult 
them about the best mode of operation. In families where you abide, 
endeavor to make the subject of religion a main topic of conversa- 
tion, avoiding carefully all harsh and censorious remarks on those 
who may differ from you, and endeavoring with meekness to instruct, 
them that oppose themselves. Where you lodge, if family worship 
be not proposed by some member of the family, propose it yourself, 
but do not force it without the consent of the head of the family. 
Frequently explain, to the people where you go, the plan of the 
Presbytery for sending out and supporting missionaries: and wher- 
ever it may appear expedient, attempt to make collections for the 
missionary fund, either from individuals or congregations, as may 
seem best. Endeavor to find out the state of religion and morals in 
every settlement which you may visit, and what prospect there may 
be of a church being formed there in future. Whenever you may 
find a considerable number of people anxious to form a Sabbath- 
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aid ia your power. Should you find any vacancy, wishing to be 
organized, inform them that it is their duty to apply to Presbytery. 
Keep a journal, and note particularly your journey ings, your minis- 
terial labors, your discoveries on the subject of religion, and your 
collections. And of the whole make report, at our first meeting after 
you shall have completed your mission. That the Lord may direct 
you and bless your labors, is the prayer of the Presbytery." 

" Signed by order A B , Clerk." 

A meeting of ministers and elders of the Presbyterian church, 
held in Philadelphia, May 26, 1834, had adopted a paper called " The 
Act and Testimony," which was an appeal to the church at large ? 
and which was adopted in terms by about 374 ministers, 1,789 elders 
and 14 licentiates, and, either entire or substantially, by five Synods 
ani thirty Presbyteries. The paper was drafted by Robert J. Breck- 
enridge. It bore testimony against alleged " alarming errors which 
have hitherto been connived at, and now at length have been counte- 
nanced and sustained by the acts of the supreme judicatory of our 
church." Specified errors in doctrine and discipline, and church 
order, and recommended "that on the second Thursday in May a 
convention be held in the city of Pittsburgh, to be composed of two 
delegates, a minister and Ruling Elder from each Presbytery, or 
from the minority of any Presbytery, which may concur in the senti- 
ments of this "Act and Testimony," to deliberate and consult on the 
present State of our, church and to adopt such measures as may be 
best suited to restore her prostrated standard." Concerning this the 
Presbytery took the following action: 11 Whereas, there is a paper 
called "The Act and Testimony," circulating extensively, and asking 
to be adopted by Presbytery, sessions and individual members of the 
Presbyterian church, Resolved, that the sessions and members under 
our care be advised that in the judgment of this Presbytery it is inex- 
pedient to sign that paper. 1st. Because we are unwilling to counte- 
nance the insinuation that our Confession of Faith and catechisms 
are so vague and indefinite, as regards the fundamental doctrines of 
the gospel as to render such a course necessary. 2nd. Because 
signing that paper is no test of orthodoxy. The errors, therein 
testified against, are plainly condemned by our Confession of Faith, 
and if there are ministers who are so destitute of principle as to 
subscribe that Confession while they hold such errors, they can, 
with equal ease, sign " The Act and Testimony." 3rd. Because we do 
not know any, within our bounds, who hold such errors, and the 
insinuation that a large proportion of Presbyterian ministers hold 
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frighten conscientious Christians from the communion of the Presby- 
terian church. 4th. Because, if such heresies do prevail, signing 
that paper is not the course pointed out by the Word of God, for 
saying those who have made shipwreck of faith, or for purifying the 
church from defilement. The exercise of discipline is the means 
ordained by the Lord Jesus for that purpose. Any course calculated 
to divert the mind3 of the members or judicatories of the church 
from the faithful exercise of discipline, is, in our opinion, worse than 
useless. We view it as a mistaken notion, that, by signing the paper 
in question, we would acquit ourselves, in the sight of God, of all 
responsibility " arising from divisions and discords in our church." 
5th. Because, instead of "looking back with sacred joy to our 
church's love of human rights," we ought, in our judgment, to mourn 
her instrumentality in riveting the chains of slavery on millions of 
her fellow-men, many of them the little ones committed by the Savior 
to her care. She retains, in her communion, ministers and elders, and 
some hundreds of private members, who are making their fortunes by 
robbing the poor of their liberty, and defrauding them of their hire, 
and hindering them from the discharge of those duties which God 
requires of all men, and withholding from them the means of salva- 
tion, and, in defense of their evil work, they are reviving the papal 
heresy that reading the Word of God is neither necessary nor proper. 
It is questionable whether the advocates of any of the heresies 
enumerated in "The Act and Testimony" have done as much towards 
bringing the Word of God into disrepute, and causing the enemy to 
blaspheme, as Presbyterians have done, in their efforts to make the 
Bible justify the sin of slaveholding. 6th. We consider the proposed 
convention at Pittsburgh as justified neither by the letter, nor spirit 
of our Form of Government, and as calculated to excite suspicions 
and jealousies, and encourage divisive courses, and as a gross impo- 
sition on the hospitality of Pittsburgh." 

B. H. Rankin was received from the Presbytery of Cincinnati 
and preached his trial sermon, for ordination, from Heb. 7:25. All 
his parts of trial having been sustained, the third Tuesday of 
January next, was appointed for his ordination and installation at 
Huntington. He was accordingly ordained and installed, at that 
time, January 21st, 1835. James Gilliland preached and Samuel 
Crothers presided and gave the charge. This relation continued 
until September, 1837, when, in Presbytery at Bloomingburgh, it 
was dissolved and Mr. Rankin was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Logansport. Addison Coffey and Stephen B. Biggs were taken 
under the care of Presbytery, as candidates for the ministry. 



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Mr. Coffey at the succeeding 1 meetings of Presbytery read a Latin 
exegesis on "An Christus pro omnibus mortmis sitf" a critical 
exercise from James 1:25, and his other regular parts of trial, all cf 
which were sustained, and he was licenstd at Chillicothe, October 
21, 1836. Mr. Coffey was born in Greenfield, March 5, 1807; grad- 
uated from the University of Ohio, at Athene, in 1834, with the 
first honor, and at the Western Theological Seminary, in Alleghany 
City. In 1837, he accepted a call to Lebanon, and remained there 
about two years and a half. His next settlement, as pastor, was at 
Coshocton. In 1847, he removed to Peoria, Illinois, and on the 26th of 
October, 1848, was installed pastor of the First Presbyterian church 
of that city'and continued in that relation until the day of his death, 
April 6, 1855. Mr. Riggs afc the different following meetings of 
Presbytery read his Latin exegesis, a critical exercise from Gen. 4:6, 
7; delivered a popular sermon and was licensed at Chillicothe 
October 21, 1836. Having been appointed by the American Board 
a missionary to the Sioux Indians, he was ordained as an evan- 
gelist, in Presbytery at West Union, April 6, 1837. 

In Presbytery at Salem, September 10-12, 1839, his name was 
dropped from the roll, he having become a member of thp Presbytery 
of Ripley, New School. He became very useful and eminent as a 
missionary; among other works he edited a grammar and dictionary 
of the Dakota language, which was printed, undt r his supervision, by 
the Smithsonian Institute. He was honored with the degrees of D. 
D. and LL. D.„ and for his scholarship, and the many excellencies 
of his character was admired and loved by all who knew him. He 
was born at Steubenville, Ohio, March 23, 1812. He prepared for 
college at Ripley, O., and in 1834 graduated at Jefferson College in 
Canonsburgh, Pennsylvania, and studied theology in the Western 
Theological Seminary at Alleghany. After an active and most 
useful life preaching to, and writing for, and about the Indians, he 
died August 24, 1883. 

In Presbytery at Huntington, January 21, 1835, a call from 
Washington church for half the labors of Mr. J. C. Eastman was 
presented and accepted, and John 4:20, was given him as a text for 
trial sermon for ordination, to be preached at the next meeting of 
Presbytery. "At the request of Eagle Creek congregation its nam© 
was changed to that of Russelville." In Presbytery at Georgetown, 
April 7-9, 1835, "A requesi on the part of Sharon for a change 
of name to that of Wilmington was presented and granted." 'The 
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General Assembly reported. Also the committee to prepare another 
memorial on Slavery, to the next General Assembly." These 
reports were accepted. 

Presbytery, also, adopted the following" resolutions on the 
subject of slavery. "1st. Resolved; That giving or bequeathing 
slaves to children or others, as property, is a great sin, and when 
committed by members of the church, ought to subject them to 
church censure. 2nd. Resolved; That to sell a slave his own 
liberty, except when tne slave was purchased at his own 
request, and has failed to remunerate his master for the 
price paid, is a great injustice, and ought to be made a term 
of communion. 3d. Resolved; That to offer a slave his freedom 
only on condition that he will leave his country and go into a foreign 
land, is unjust and cruel, and ought to subject a church member to 
censure. 4th. Resolved; That when a slave is emancipated, whose 
services have been of much value to his master, refusing to give 
him a reasonable compensation for his labor, when the master is able 
to do it, or turning him out to the world, when he wishes to stay as 
a tenant, or hireling, is a grievous sin, and when committed by a 
church member ought to subject him to suspension, until he repent. 
5th. Resolved; That when a master advertises a reward for a run- 
away slave, against whom no other crime is alleged than escaping 
from his master, he is guilty of a scandalous sin, and forfeits his 
right to the sealing ordinances of God's house. 6th. That to 
apprehend a slave, who is endeavoring to escape from slavery, with a 
view to restore him to his master, is a direct violation of the di\ine 
law, and when committed by a member of the church, ought to 
subject him to censure. 7th. Resolved; That any member of our 
church who shall advocate, or speak in favor of such laws as have 
been, or may yet be, enacted for the purpose of keeping slaves in 
ignorance, and preventing them from learning to read the Word of 
God, is guilty of a great crime, and ought to be dealt with as for 
other scandalous crimes. 8th. That should any member of our 
church be so wicked as to manifest a desire to exclude colored 
people from a seat in the house of God, or at the .Lord's table with 
white people, he ought, upon conviction thereof, to be suspended 
from the Lord's table until he repent." The Stated Clerk was 
ordered to send a copy of these resolutions, for publication, to the 
editors of the Ohio Observer, Standard, Luminary, Philadelphian, 
and Cincinnati Journal, and to send the memorial, (which is not 
copied in the minutes,) to the next General Assembly. 

J. C. Eastman passed his trials for ordination, and a meeting 



OHHjLICOTHE presbyteby. 



was appointed to be held at Washington, the second Wednesday 
of May, at 11 o'clock, when he was ordained and installed, May 13th, 
1835. Jacob W. Eastman preached, from 1 Kings, 2:2: "I go the 
way of all the earth ; be thou strong therefore and show thyself a 
man." Wm. Dickey presided and gave the charge, and Wm Gage 
addressed the people. This relation continued until November 25tb. 
1840, when, in Presbytery at New Petersburgh, it was dissolved, and 
Mr. Eastman was dismissed to the Presbytery of Crawfordsville, 
The Rev. John Calvin Eastman, son of the Rev, J acob W. Eastman 
and Mary Webster, was born at Groveland, near Haverhill, Massa- 
chusetts, March 17, 1813; his mother was a cousin of the great 
statesman. Daniel Webster. He united with the church, of which 
his father was pastor, October 7, i827; attended College, at 
Amherst, and in 1831 removed with his father to Ohio. After 
leaving our Presbytery, he became pastor of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in which relation he continued for 
ten years. In 1850, his health failing, he removed to Hanover, 
Indiana, and became financial Agent for the college in that place; 
but his health continuing to decline, he died, at Hanover, July 22, 
1852. Two of his sons became ministers in the Presbyterian 
Church. 

Edward Weed was received at the Georgetown meeting, as a 
candidate, and was assigned, "An Christus mortuus est pro nobis et 
pro peccatis nostrisf He also afterwards had 1st. Tim. 6:1,2, given 
him as a subject for a critical exercise, and 1st. Cor. 1:23, for a popu- 
lar sermon; passed all his parts of trial and was licensed at Russel- 
ville, in Presbytery, in November, of the same year, and was 
appointed a missionary in the Presbytery, for one year, with 
special reference to the colored people, and with leave to travel out 
of bounds. In Presbytery, at Ripley, September 11-14, 1838, still a 
licentiate, he was dismissed to the Western Reserve Congrega- 
tional Association. 

At Salem, September 29 to October 1, 1835, Joseph T. Irwin 
accepted a call for one-half of his time, from Wilmington, and 
Romans, 3: 28, was assigned him as a text for a trial sermon for 
ordination, to be delivered at the next meeting, at which time he 
preached, was examined, ordained and installed, at Wilmington, 
December 16, 1835. John Rankin preached the ordination sermon ; 
Wm. Dickey presided and gave the charge. This relation continued 
until in Presbytery, at Ripley, September 11-14, 1838, when it was 
dissolved, on account of the state of Mr. Irwin's health, at his 
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to the Presbytery of Cincinnati. The relation between R. J. Hall 
and Georgetown was dissolved, and at the next meetiDg, at Russel- 
ville, Mr. Hall was dismissed to the Presbytery of Crawfordsviile. 
tl A request from sandry persons, in the vicinity of Sinking Spring, to 
be organized into a church, was presented to Presbytery, whereupon 
John Forbush, J. W. Eastman, Adam B. Wilson and Terah Templin 
were appointed a committee to organize them, in case they should 
find it expedient." At the next meeting they reported " that they 
had organized a church, by the name of Brush Creek." Presbytery 
adopted, as a standing rule, " That all discourses of candidates, as 
trials for license in this Presbytery, shall be heard by the Presbytery 
alone." I suppose, if the candidates had been consulted, they would 
have preferred a congregation for the discourses, and the Presbytery 
alone for the criticisms. A circular letter on slavery was reported and 
the Stated Clerk was directed to send a copy of it to each Presbytery 
under the care of the General Assembly. This letter, which was a 
long one, spoke of division, alienation, and decline of vital godliness, 
as prevailing in the churches, and declared that but little success 
attended the means of grace, and the efforts of the church for the 
extension of the Redeemer's kingdom; that for all this there was a 
cause, and that cause existed in the church, and that the belief of this 
Presbytery was that that cause was the sin of slavery, as it existed in 
the church. 

Then the resolutions that have been quoted above, in the account 
of the meeting at Georgetown, were introduced with the request that 
the several Presbyteries would adopt them, and a statement of their 
belief that; every Christian church, or union, or association of 
churches, was entitled to declare the terms of admission into its 
communion, and the qualifications of its ministers and members, and 
that they could " see no good reason why the church, or any branch 
of it, should hesitate to exclude, in a regular way, this sin, merely 
because we find it involved in our political relations." The whole 
concluded with a prayer for guidance, and was signed by John P. 
Vandyke, Stated Clerk, " by order of Presbytery." 

This does not seem to have met with much favor. I have exam- 
ined copies of a number of the answers received and find only 
one that adopted the resolutions, as they were, and that was the 
Presbytery of Huron, which adopted the resolutions, and added the 
assurance that they would " stand by the brethren of Chillicothe -in 
defense of them, in the General Assembly, or elsewhere." This was 
■ (nft&A by Xeiiophon. Befcts, Stated Clerk, W ataman,. Huron county, 



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Ohio, and was dated April 21, 1836. The Presbytery of Columbus 
answered thus: 

"Columbus, April 18, 1836. 
The Presbytery of Columbus to the Presbytery of Chillicothe : 

Dear Brethren — We have received your letter, containing your 
views of slaveholding, and of the measures that should be adopted to 
deliver the church from the guilt of cherishing this evil in her bosom, 
and have given it a serious and respectful consideration. In the 
conviction that the holding of slaves and the entire system of policy, 
connected with this practice, is indeed a great evil, and may justly 
be regarded as a curse to our country and to the church, in the 
United States, we accord with you in the opinion thai ail proper 
means of removing it should be sought out and used without hesita- 
tion. We must be permitted to doubt, however, whether it is the 
imminent and exclusive cause of the religious declension, and other 
tokens of divine displeasure which we suffer; whether the measures 
which you propose are legitimate and wise and whether it is prac- 
ticable for us, as a church, to apply this, or any other remedy, in the 
existing state of things, both safely and efficaciously. On the whole, 
the best consideration which we are able to give this embarrassirg 
and portentous subject leads to the conclusion, expressed in 
the following resolution, which we have unanimously adopted: 
Resolved. That Presbytery are not by any means prepared to approve 
the views, or adopt the resolutions communicated by the Presbytery 
of Chillicothe, respecting the exercise of discipline, in the case of 
slaveholders: and they deem it improper for them to aot on this 
subject, at present, because it is referred to the next General As- 
sembly, for their determination. With sincere respect and brotherly 
kindness, and with prayers for your prosperity as a judicatory of the 
church, We are yours in our common Lord. 
By order of Presbytery. 

James Hoge, Stated Clerk." 

The Presbytery of Winchester, "Virginia, sent this as their action: 
"Resolved, That this Presbytery cannot entertain any such d3cu- 
ment as that sent to us by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, and that the 
Stated Clerk be directed to send it back to the Stated Clerk of that 
Presbyteiy, with this minute appended. 

True copy. Attest: Benry Foote, S. C." 

Henry, however, added of his own head: "P. S. By way of 
query: Has the black man a home in Ohio, by law? Has he not been 
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cannot endure a fraction, how could the South, the whole mass of 
free colored men? The Presbytery feels no bitterness against their 
brethren in Ohio, who, while they seem to stand up for the black man, 
drive him from the Lord's table, by driving him from the country. 
Southern men belong to the same church with their servants, and 
commune at the same occasions. Let Ohio wash her own hands, 
before she cries out against a spec she sees upon her neighbor's." 
I suppose he knew how to spell "speck," but got it confused 
somehow with the spectacle that, in his view, the Ohio brethren were 
making of themselves. 

By far the longest, and best written communication that they 
received was from the Presbytery of Amite, New Orleans, and signed 
by Benjamin Chase, Stated Clerk, Amite Presbytery. Considered 
merely as a literary composition, without reference to its doctrines, 
which few would now approve, it is admirable: its sarcasm and irony 
are rarely equaled. I only wish that I eon Id find room to copy all 
of it. This, however, is the conclusion : *'If you be sincerely 
desirous of removing the evils which you enumerate, as the cause 
of your distress, and which you assign as the reason of your com- 
munication, we are prepared to render you any assistance in our 
power. We do not suppose that we could render you assistance in 
any better way than by the recommendation of some rules, the 
careful observance of which we think would, in due time, completely 
remove the evils of which you complain. We wish it, however; to be 
distinctly understood that we respectfully and affectionately recom- 
mend these rules to your attention, and exhort you to observe them, 
as brethren, and not as being invested with ecclesiastical authority 
over you: Never attribute effects to causes which do not produce 
them. Never employ improper means for the attainment of the most 
desirable ends. Be not wise over that which is written. Let your 
sentiments respecting sin and holiness be derived from the Bible. 
Avoid unprofitable questions and such as gender strife. Devote 
yourselves wholly to the ministry of the gospel, according to the 
example of the apostles, avoiding questions which relate to the 
political condition of those among whom you labor, especially of 
those in other parts of the world whose condition you cannct improve* 
and who are not the subjects of your special ministerial charge. 
Preach not on subjects which are merely moral or political, but preach 
Christ Jesus and Him crucified, teaching also from house to house 
after the example of Paul. Let the grand object of your preaching 
be the promotion of the glory of God in the conversion of souls, and 
in their preparation for the duties of life and the holiness of heaven. 



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Attend to the faithful discharge of duty, in your own sphere of action, 
in that manner which your own conscience approves, allowing others 
to discharge their duties in their own sphere of action, in that manner 
which their own conscience approves. If you faithfully observe these 
rules and strive to be of one heart and one mind, and fervently sup- 
plicate these divine influences which will enable you to exercise 
charity towards one another, then you may confidently hope that 
divisions will pass away, that alienation of affections will be un- 
known, that vital godliness will increase, and that success will attend 
the means of grace. That these precious blessings may speedily 
descend upon you, is the fervent praver of your brethren in the Lord. 
New Orleans, March 18th, 1836. 

Benj. Chase, Stated Clerk, Amite Pby." 

In Presbytery, at Russelville, November 18-19, 1835, it was 
"Resolved; That it be recommended to all the churches under our 
care to subscribe and forward petitions to Congress for the abolition 
of slavery and of the slave trade as speedily as possible, within the 
District of Columbia." Daniel Gilmer was received as a candidate 
for the ministry, and at the several meetings following, read his 
exegesis and passed his other parts of trial and was licensed, at 
Bloomingburgh, September 14, 1837. In April, 1838, at Hillsbor= 
ough, he accepted a call, from Greenland, for half of his time, and 
Romans 12: 1,2, was given him for text for his trial sermon, for ordi- 
nation. He was ordained at New Petersburgh, May 16, 1838, and 
J. C. Eastman to preach, H. S. Fullerton to preside, with Wm. 
Dickey alternate to either, were appointed a committee to install 
him, at Greenland, which they did, and so Greenland had its first 
pastor. This relation was dissolved in Presbytery, at Greenfield, 
December 10-11, 1839. and Mr. Gilmer had leave to travel out of 
bounds. He wa=j dismissed to Oxford Presbytery April, 1840, but in 
Presbytery at Greenfield, September 14-15, 1841, he returned the 
certificate, which he had not presented to the Oxford Presbytery 
and was dismissed to Ripley Presbytery, New School. 

In Presbytery, at Wilmington, December 16, 1835, Wm. H, 
Rogers was taken under care of Presbytery as a candidate for the 
ministry. Mr. Rogers, having passed the various parts of trial, was 
licensed, at Bloomingburgh, September 14, 1837. In Presbytery, at 
Hillsborough, April, 3-4, 1838, he accepted a call from Manchester 
and Huntington, was ordained in Presbytery at New Petersburgh, 
May 16, 1838, and John P. Vandyke to preach, Jesse H. Lockhart to 
preside and Dyer Burgess alternate of either, were appointed a com- 



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mittee to install him pastor of the above churches. In Presbytery, at 
Greenfield, April 2nd, 1839, at his request, his name was taken from 
the i*oll a3 he considered himself a member of Ripley Presbytery, 
New School. In Presbytery, at Hillsborough, April 5-7, 1836, a call 
was presented from Circleville, for the Rev. H. S. Fullerton, but, 
''After hearing a protest from the congregation of Chillieothe, the 
Presbytery decided not to put the call into his hands." Dyer Bur- 
gess was made stated supply, at Manchester, for six months. The 
pastoral relation petween the Rev. James Dunlap and Union was 
dissolved. Presbytery sent a memorial to the General Assembly 
on Slavery. This seems to have been regularly attended to at every 
meeting of the Assembly. Georgetown had a call for the Rev. J. P. 
Vandyke, who had proposed to leave West Union, but, as he had now 
concluded to stay there, the call was not presented to him. The 
committee on the education of colored people reported and the 
treasurer was directed to pay Samuel Moss $17.50, for digging and 
walling a well for the school-house in the Brush Creek settlement. 
This committee made regular reports, but as the reports were not 
copied in the minutes, I have not been able to ascertain how much 
was done in the matter of educating the colored people. 

In Presbytery, at Greenfield, October 17-19, 1836, "A petition 
was presented by Abraham Green and others, residing in Adams 
and Brown counties, who live remote from places of public worship, 
requesting to be taken under the care of Presbytery as a vacant 
congregation, that themselves and families might be furnished with 
supplies of preaching. Resolved : That said request be granted and 
that said persons be known by the name of Eagle Greek congrega- 
tion." 

The church at Ripley gave Mr. Rankin leave to act, for one 
year, as agent, for an "Anti-Slavery Society," and James Dunlap 
was appointed to supply them, at their request, which he did for six 
months, when he requested leave to discontinue. J. G. Wilson was 
granted leave to travel out of bounds until the next meeting. The 
standing rule requiring candidates to deliver their popular sermons 
in the presence of Presbytery alone, was repealed. The rule, 
however it may have been with the sermons, was not popular. The 
pastoral relation between the Rev. H. S. Fullerton and the Chil- 
lieothe church was dissolved. The Rev. James H Gass was 
received from the Presbytery of French Broad, Tennessee, and 
made stated supply at Georgetown, until the next meeting. At 
that meeting Mr. Gass received a call, from Georgetown, which he 
held, for consideration, and, in Bloomingburgh, September 12-14, 



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1837, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of French Bread; but at 
Hillsborough, April 3-4, 1838, he returned the certificate, accepted 
the long pending call from Georgetown and the third Sabbath of 
May was appointed, for his installation; John Rankin to preach and 
James Gilliland to preside. He went with the Ripley Presbytery. 
J. C. Tibbals, a member of the Ripley church, was taken under care as 
a candidate and I suppose that he, too. went with the New School 
as he disappears from the minutes. Isaac N. Taylor was also 
taken under care as a candidate. Mr. Taylor was afterward licensed 
at Ripley, September 14, 1838; ordained as an evangelist, at Green- 
field, June 11, 1840; and at Washington, September- 8-9, 1840, was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Dayton. 

In Presbytery at Y/esfc Union, April 4-7, 1837, the usual memo- 
rial, to the General Assembly, on Slavery, was prepared and the 
churches were also recommended to send memorials. The standing 
order of Presbytery requiring members to spend eight days in mis- 
sionary service, between the stated meetings of Presbytery was 
rescinded. "A reference, for final decision, from the session of Man- 
chester, in the case of John Anderson charged with the sin of 
slaveholding, was taken up. Mr. Anderson not appearing, the records 
of session were read and the roll having been called to afford the 
members opportunity to express their minds, ifc was unanimously 
resolved: That John Anderson be, and .be hereby is, excluded from 
the communion of the. church, for the sin of slaveholding until he 
give satisfactory evidence of repentance." 

In Presbytery at Bloomingburgh, September 12-14, 1837, 
Eleazer Brainerd was received from Athens Presbytery. He after- 
wards went with the New School, and his name was dropped from 
the roll, in Presbytery at Salem, September 10-11, 1839. "Thomas 
Woodrow, a member of the Congregational Union, of England, 
presented a request to be received into the (Jhillieothe Presbytery, 
which was read, together with other papers certifying his good 
standing, as a minister of the gospel, his character and attainments. 
On motion his case was referred to Samuel Crothers, James H. 
Dickey and Wm. Keys to repoit thereon." This committee reported 
the order prescribed by the Assembly, in the Digest, on the subject of 
receiving ministers ficm foreign bodies and in accordance with the 
rulo, Mr. Woodrow, having been examined on experimental religion 
and theology and, he having adopted our standards of doctrine and 
discipline and promised subjection to this Presbytery, in the Lord, 
was received as a minister on probation for one year," and made 
stated supply, at Chillicothe. The following was presented to 

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Presbytery and adopted, viz: "Whereas, in the opinion of this Pres- 
bytery, the rule of the late, and some preceding Assemblies, that 
the commissions of their members should not be publicly read, but 
examined by a committee, is both unconstitutional and dangerous; 
and whereas we believe that our Form of Government, Chap. 12, 
Sec. 7, has been altered to accord with that mode without a vote of 
the Presbyteries; Therefore, Resolved; That a committee be 
appointed to inquire into that subject, and, if necessary, prepare a 
memorial to the next Genera] Assembly, touching the same and 
report at our next stated meeting." This committee was afterward 
dissolved at the request of its members without making a report. 
Presbytery also adopted the following: " Whereas the declaration of 
the last General Assembly, that the synods of Western Reserve, 
Utica, Geneva, and Genessee, were not constitutionally branches of 
the Presbyterian Church, is, in the judgment of this Presbytery, 
not true. Therefore, Resolved; That from and after the time when 
the commissioners from Western Reserve Synod were excluded from 
the house, that body was no longer a constitutional Assembly of the 
Presbyterian church and therefore, the inferior judicatories are not 
bound to obey any of their injunctions." A protest against the 
adoption of the above respecting "the act of excision" was put on 
record, as follows: "The undersigned, members or the Chillicothe 
Presbytery, do hereby protest againt the decision of said Presbytery 
respecting the proceedings of the last General Assembly, which 
decision declares that said body ceased to be the General Assembly 
of the Presbyterian church, after the exclusion of the members of 
the Western Reserve Synod; because 1st. We consider said declar- 
ation, not true. 2nd. Because the taking such a stand, by the 
Presbytery, has an evident tendency to throw it out of its connection 
with the Presbyterian Church. Joseph T. Irwin, James H. Dickey, 
Saaiuel Steel. John C. Eastman, and elders Joseph McLean, Wm. 
Keys and John Morton." The above protest was written by the 
Rev. Samuel Steel, whose conservatism and excellent judgment 
were often of great benefit to the Presbytery. The following reso- 
lution was also adopted: "Whereas the press of the Alton Observer 
Has been destroyed, by a mob, because the editor advocates the 
principles of Liberty: Resolved; That we recommend that collections 
be made in all our churches, to aid in the re-establishment of said 
press, and that we solicit all the friends of Liberty, in our country, to 
co-operate with us, in sustaining the freedom of the press." 

The pastoral relation between Robert H. Rankin and Hunt- 
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of Logansport. Joseph G. Wilson was dismissed tc the care of the 
Presbytery of Salem, Indiana. Mr. Wilson had been, since he was 
licensed, for the most part, traveling oat of the bounds of Presby- 
tery. The church of Chilliqothe was permitted to employ the Rev. 
Thomas Woodrow, to labor with them until the next Spring meeting 
of Presbytery. Wilson C. Hollyday and John Wright McCormick 
were taken under care of Presbytery. They attended the several 
meetings succeeding: their parts of trial were sustained, and they 
were both licensed, in Presbytery, at Salem, September 12, 1839. Mr. 
Hollyday was dismissed to the Presbytery of Miami, in Presbytery, at 
Washington, September 8-9, 1840. Mi. McCormick accepted a call 
to Greenland Church for one-half his time; he was ordained and 
installed there June 11, 1840. John Rankin was moderator of Synod 
at its meeting, in 1837. 

At the Bloomingburgh meeting:, a call from the church of 
Union Grove, Illinois, was put into the hands of the Rev. James 
H. Dickey, which he accepted, and the pastoral relation between 
him and the Salem Church, was dissolved, and Mr. Dickey was 
dismissed and recommended to the Presbytery of Peoria. The 
dissolution of the relation was on September 12, 1837. Mr. Dickey 
continued in Illinois, until December 24th, 1856. At the age of 76 
years and two months, when, everywhere in the christian world, 
men were preparing to celebrate with joy and thanksgiving, the 
coming of our Lord, , he took his departure for that blessed land, 
whose glories seen from afar, had cheered, comforted and allured 
him and made this inhospitable world to him the vestibule of heaven. 
All the country hereabouts, where he had preached and labored, has 
had in it, in all the years since his departure, men and women who 
were the better for his residence and work here; persons whom he 
had taught how to live and how to die. Some yet linger who have 
seen the light of his kindly smile, and felt the grasp of his hand; a 
clean hand and a strong one; and heard from him words of cheer and 
consolation and taught their children to reverence his name and hold 
him in perpetual love and esteem. His memory is as ointment 
poured foith and all the land is fragrant with its perfume. He was a 
manly, upright, honest man, of tender sensibilities, and of attractive 
manners, so simple that you forgot that they were elegant. He 
drew men to him with his graces and held them with the steel 
hooks of his worth. His sermons were always good, never a failure; 
there was never a time when his friends had cause to be ashamed, 
but, in every situation they were proud of him. He was a pastor in 
whom the hearts of his people could safely trust. Never glowing 



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and burning and flaming up into such prophetic and almost inspired 
speech as occasionally fell from , his brother William's lips, when 
one great sermon held up as a. torch, illumined a whole year; but, 
burniDg with flame constant, pure and beautiful, that afforded men 
light, for all needed duties, and made their everyday work holy, and 
showed them that doing daily, whp.t the day brousrht to do, was 
what made men saints; was what kept men's feet ever on the way to 
heaven; that patient, constant, persevering walking with God, kept 
m6Q ever under His hands held out in benediction. So he preached, 
and living as he taught others to live, he was ready when God 
called him. 

In Presbytery, at Eed Oak, December 20, 1837, James Shaw 
appeared, seeking license. Mr. Shaw had passed through the usual 
parts of trial with the approbation of the Presbytery of Ohio, to 
whom, however, he stated, that he designed when about to be 
licensed, to take exception to the Confession of Faith. The question 
was then taken, shall Presbytery proceed to license Mr. Shaw? and 
decided in the negative: yeas 9, nays 23, non liquet 5. Then, at 
Pittsburgh, October 25, 1337, the Ojio Presbytery "on motion, 
resolved; That Mr. Shaw be, and he is hereby no longer a candidate 
under the care of this Presbytery, and that the Stated Clerk furnish 
him with an extract from the minutes touching his case,* if desired. 
A true copy from the ruinates of Presbytery. Attest, Win. Jeffery." 
Mr. Shaw then appeared before the Presbytery of Chillicothe, with a 
certificate of his good standing as a member of the First Presby- 
terian church of the borough of Alleghany, and of his having passed 
satisfactorily, to tbe Board of directors, through the entire course of 
studies prescribed for the Western Theological Seminary and also 
the following extract from the minuses of the Presbytery of Ohio. 
u Mr. Shaw having been examined as to his views of the Confession 
of Faith, Chap. 23, Sec 1 and 2, stated that he believed that God had 
armed the Civil Magistrate, with the power cf the sword, that m his 
opinion war is seldom just, yet he did believe that, under the New 
Testament, there may be just and necessary occasion for war and 
that, in such cases, the magistrate may wage war." While this had 
not been sufficienMy warlike for the Presbytery of Ohio, it seemed 
heroic enough for our Presbytery, and he was taken under care and 
licensed at Ked Oak, December 20, 1837. Mr. Shaw was appointed 
to labor, as a missionary, for one month within cur bounds, with 
leave to travel out of bounds, previous to our next meeting. He 
eventually traveled into the New School Presbytery of Pipley. 

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presented a call to the Rev. H. S. Fullerfcon, which he accepted, and 
Wm. Gage to preach and Wm. Dickey to preside and give the charge, 
were appointed a committee to install him the Friday previous to the 
last Sabbath of June. Good Friday came late to the Salem people 
that year. Gamaliel Beaman was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Athens. While in this Presbytery he had supplied Piketon church, 
but was not installed as pastor. The usual memorial on slavery was 
sent on to the General Assembly. 

Iu Presbytery at Ripley, September 11-14, 1838, Rocky Spring 
having increased their subscription from $200 to $300 per annum, 
prayed Presbytery for leave to alter the call to their pastor, (Jacob 
W. Eastman.) from one-half to three- fourths of his time, which was 
granted. Robert J. Hall was received from the Presbytery of Craw- 
fordsville and dismissed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati. He came 
in at one door and went out at the other. He came back again, 
however. J ames Shaw was appointed stated supply at White Oak 
church, for six months. The Rev. Joseph T. Irwin requested to be 
released from his pastoral charge in Wilmington, on account of his 
ill health. " The elder from said church stated that the congregation 
had given their consent, though with much reluctance." The request 
was granted, the relation dissolved and Mr. Irwin was permitted to 
travel out of bounds. Previous to the next meeting, Bainbridgo pre- 
sented a call for Mr. Irwin, which was not accepted. Robert H. 
Hollyday, a graduate of Miami University, was taken under the care 
of Presbytery as a candidate for the ministry. Having passed his 
parts of trial, Mr. Hollyday wa3 licensed September 9:h, 1810, and in 
Presbytery at Greenfield, September 14th and 15th, 1841, he was dis- 
missed to the care of the Presbytery of Sidney. Mr. Hollyday was 
born in Buckskin township, Ross county, Ohio, September 1, 1815, in 
the bounds of Salem Church, in which he was baptized in infancy, 
and, on x^rofession of faith, at the age of fourteen or fifteen, was 
received into the communion of that church. He graduated at 
Miami University with the class of 1833; studied theology with 
Dr. Crothers, and Greek exegesis with the Rev. H. S. Fullerton. In 
October. 1840, he began to preach in Bellefontaine, Ohio, as an 
assistant of the Rev. Joseph Stevenson, preaching there one-half 
of his time and the other half in West Liberty and Stony Creek, now 
Spring Hill church. There was then no organized church at West 
Liberty, but in the fall of 1841 an organization was effected, and a 
call given and accepted by Mr. Hollyday, who was ordained and 
installed pastor of the West Liberty church. He resigned thid 
pastorate in the spring of 1842. In April, 1843, he accepted a call 



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from the church of Findlay, which he had been supplying for a year, 
and was installed. This relation he held until the spring of 1854; 
then, still residing in Findlay, he supplied the churches of Enon 
Valley and Harmony until the spring of 1858, when he accepted a 
call to the Rockhill church, in the St. Clairsville Presbytery, which 
charge he resigned in June, 1860. In the spring of 1861 he became 
stated supply at Upper Sandusky, and continued in that work for 
three years. In the spring of 1864 he returned to Findlay, where he 
still resides. Since his return he has served the churches of Arcadia, 
Fostoria, Bluffton and North Bethel, his work being mostly of a 
missionary character. In 1867 and '68 he spent a large portion of his 
time in the interest of Wooster University. He has written a history 
of the Synod of Sandusky, and, also, a ''Centennial history of the 
Presbyterian Church in Northwestern Ohio and Lima Presbytery." 

The Rev. Thomas Woodrow, "who had been under care of Pres- 
bytery as a foreign minister," was received as a member of Pres- 
bytery and directed to present his papers to the Synod of Cincinnati, 
at its next meeting. Mr. Woodrow accepted a call from Chillicothe, 
and his installation was appointed for the first Friday in November: 
Wm. Gago to preach the sermon; H. S Fullerton to preside and give 
the charge; D. Gilmer and J. C. Eastman alternates. It was resolved 
" that the roll be called, that every member may express his views in 
relation to the two bodies claiming to be the General Assembly of the 
Presbyterian church." After this the following resolution was 
adopted: ;i That no division which may take place in the Synod of 
Cincinnati, at the next meeting, shall be considered as dividing this 
Presbytery, and that we will endeavor to preserve our integrity and 
harmony as long as possible." 

In Presbytery, at Greenfield, April 2-3 1839, " The following 
resolution was offered and seconded: Resolved, that the Presbyteiy 
proceed as usual to the appointment of commissioners to the next 
General Assembly. After some discussion, this resolution was post- 
poned, for the purpose of taking up the following, viz: Whereas, the 
General Assembly of 1838, declared out of the Presbyterian church, 
without charges, citation, or trial, about one- fourth of all the 
commissioners present, from Presbyteries against whom no regular 
process had erer been instituted, and proceeded to pass acts 
requiring Presbyteries to deal with those commissioners who 
refused to acknowledge the constitutionality of the Assembly, thus 
organized, and declaring those ministers and elders willing to 
adhere on the basis of 1837 and 1838, whether a majority, or 
minority, should be considered the true Presbyteries, and others 



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as out of the Presbyterian Church. And whereas, the Synod of 
Cincinnati, in October la&t. in obedience to the above acts and m 
compliance with arrangements, by a convention previously held, 
to control the proceedings of said Synod, adopted a resolution 
calling on the Presbyteries of Cincinnati and Chillicothe to 
report whether they had taken order with their commissioners, for 
not acknowledging the constitutionality of the Assembly which 
sat in the Seventh Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, the 
result of which was the excision of the larger part of the body 
called the Presbytery of Ginncinnati and, (as it was called by its 
leading advocates,) a mild censure of the Presbytery of Chilli- 
cothe, assigning as a reason for taking no further order 
on the subject, the probability that the next Assembly would take 
cognizance of their doings; believing, therefore, that the General 
Assembly of the Presbyterian church, in these United States, as 
defined by the constitution, has ceased to exist, and desirous also 
of avoiding, in future, illegal and vexatious prosecutions, for adher- 
ence to what we believe to be the doctrines of the Word of God, 
and the constitution of the Presbyterian church, in reference ta 
church government and • discipline: Kesolved; That no commis- 
sioner to any General Assembly be appointed by this Presbytery^ 
(amended by adding,) for this year, and then adopted, by the 
following vote: Ayes, Daniel Gilmer, Joseph T. Irwin, James Dunlap, 
Wm. Gage, Samuel Crothers, John Forbush, J. W. Eastman, J. 
Menary, J, McConnel, John B. Strain, F. Ware, James Templin, David 
Matthews, and Robert Eraden; Noes, Thomas Woodrow, Samuel 
Steel, David Jolly, James Murray, Joshua Robinson, J. C. Eastman, 
John P. Vandyke, Isaac Templin, Nathaniel Montgomery, and 
Anthony Walke." Those who voted no, adopted and signed the 
following protest, which was put on record: "The undersigned 
members of the Chillicothe Presbytery do hereby protest against the 
act of said Presbytery, which refuses to elect commissioners to the 
General Assembly, and do hereby complain to the Synod of Cincin- 
nati of said act for the following reasons: 1st. Because the pre- 
amble to the resolution, contains a very defective and incorrect 
statement of the facts therein, and such as is calculated to throw 
contempt and reproach on the higher judicatories of the church. 
2d. Because the resolution itself is a virtual departure from the 
government of the church, inasmuch as it is a direct lefusal to com- 
ply with that part of it which requires each Presbytery to elect 
commissioners to the General Assembly." The following action was 
taken: "Whereas Hugh Carlisle has for a considerable time, been 



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laboring in the church of Piketon, without having reported himself, 
in any way, to this Presbytery, TV in. Gage was appointed a com- 
mittee to visit said church and ascertain the facts respecting the 
case." I do not find, however, any report that Mr. Gage made to 
Presbytery concerning this, and suppose that the matter was satis- 
factorily arranged. James Gilliland, Dyer Burgess, and Wm. H. 
Rogers stated that, considering themselves members of Ripley Pres- 
bytery, they wished their names taken from our roll. Their request 
was granted. 

James Gilliland was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, 
October 28, 1769. graduated from Dickinson College, Pennsylvania^ 
October 1792; studied theology with the Rev. W. C. Davis, author of 
"The Gospel Plan;" n as licensed by the Presbytery of South Caro- 
lina, September 26, 1794, and ordained and installed pastor of 
Broadway church, in the same Presbytery; his son, W. W. Gilliland, 
of Ripley, Ohio, says concerning him: "He became an abolitionist 
while at College, and some eleven or twelve members of the Broad- 
way church objected to his ordination, because he preached against 
slavery; be admitted it, and the Presbytery advised him to desist 
when he asked the Synod what he should do, thinking the Presby- 
tery's advice was contrary to God's counsel. The result was, he left 
Carolina and came to Brown County, Ohio, in 1S04. He settled at 
Red Oak and was installed November, 1806. He preached there for 
thirty-seven years against slavery. He was the first abolitionist 
minister in Brown County. He died at Red Oak, February 1st, 
1845." Mr. Gilliland also says concerning his father: "I have felt 
hurt to hear, and see in print, eulogies on the Rev. John Rankin as 
the first abolitionist, in Brown County; this I know is not true. My 
father was preaching against slavery in 1796-7 and 8, in Carolina, 
and from 1S05, to 1845, in Ohio. Rankin was only four years old in 
1796, and when he came to Ripley, in 1822, the church organized 
here by the Rev. James Gilliland. was largely abolitionist. Mr. 
Rankin was a good man and a warm abolitionist, but the foundation 
was laid here by my father before Rankin came. 'Honor to whom 
honor is due,' I say." From all of which, it would seem that he, at 
least, trained his son in the way of the abolitionists. He published 
numerous pamphlets and was appointed by Piesbytery to answer the 
letters of Amite and Mississippi Presbyteries, on Slavery. 

The Rev. H. S. Fullerton, in personal recollections of Mr. Gilli- 
land, published in Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit, says 
among other things: ''Father Gilliland was a very humble and 
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In preaching, more perhaps than any man I ever knew, he hid him- 
self behind his subject, especially when that subject was the cross. 
'Self, nothing; Christ, all in all,' seemed to be his motto. W hile diffi- 
dent, he was far from being timid. He was distrustful of himself, 
but not of the cause he espoused, or the doctrine he preached. He 
never embraced doctrines until he was well convinced that they were 
true; or appeared as the advocate of a cause until he felt confident 
that it was right, and then he seemed to say, 'What I have written, I 
have written.' He never appeared to ask the question, 'Are my 
sentiments popular?' but simply, 'Are they true?' and when this 
question was answered in the affirmative, nothing could induce him 
to shrink from their avowal, on all proper occasions. There were 
some memorable instances, in the course of . his ministry, of his 
exhibiting an almost martyr-like spirit in adhering to his honest 
convictions. Father Gilliland was of a social, cheerful disposition. 
Although never forgetful of his dignity, as a christian minister, 
there was a vein of good humor and pleasantry, in his conversation, 
which made him a highly attractive companion. Neither the 
infirmities of old age, nor the depressing effects of disease, destroyed 
his vivacity, when among his friends, or his animation, when in the 
pulpit. A short time before his death he remarked to me, 'I hear 
one class of men who preach the doctrines of the Gospel very well; 
but none of us preach enough on experimental religion.' The 
remark seemed to me as just as it was characteristic." 

I am indebted to the Hon. Wm. P. Cutler of Marietta, for a letter 
from which I have taken the following, concerning the Rev. Dyer 
Burgess, who was born in Springfield, Vermont, December 27, 1784: 
"At the age of sixteen years, soon after his conversion, he began to 
preach as a Methodist minister, but finding his views more in 
accordance with Congregationalism, he joined that church and 
studied theology with the Rev. Dr. Wines. He was ordained at 
Colebrook, Vermont, but came to Ohio in 1816, and was received 
into Miami Presbytery from the Northern Association of Vermont, 
September 2, 1817. About this time he established the Presbyterian 
church at Piqua, Ohio." "In 1840 he was employed to preach in 
Warren, Washington county, Ohio." He was very earnest in his 
opposition to Slavery. "At one time, while traveling on an Ohio 
river steamboat, a rope was prepared for his neck, from which he 
was saved only by the prompt and efficient interference of friends." 
It was not a thing which added to a man's personal safety, 
at that time to be known as an abolitionist. "He was a mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian General Assembly of 1818, from the 



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Presbytery of Miami, and presented a paper upon the subject 
of slavery which led to the adoption of the celebrated 
declaration of that body condemning the whole system." Rev. 
Dr. George A. Baxter of the Presbytery of Lexington, Dr. 
Ashbel Green of the Presbytery of New Brunswick and Mr. Burgess 
were the committee who prepared that celebrated deliverance. 
James H. Dickey represented our Presbytery in that Assembly. 
"His personal appearance and address were such as well qualified 
him to lead in the discussion of a subject that absorbed the atten- 
tion of all, and at that time excited the positive hostility of a large 
majority of his hearers. He was strongly enlisted in opposition to 
Masonry; and at one time published a newspaper in Cincinnati 
upon that subject. His views upon temperance and the use of 
tobacco were as positive as upon other subjects, and boldness as 
well as the personal power that he exhibited in the discussion of all 
such topics, gave him the marked characteristics of a radical reformer. 
Notwithstanding the energy and decisive persistency with which he 
supported his own views, often giving the impression of rancor and 
ill will, yet he was one of the most enjoyable of companions. Having 
an extensive personal acquaintance, and memory fully stored with 
early reminiscences, be possessed also a most happy faculty of 
communicating his thoughts, while all acrimony disappeared by 
close contact, in social intercourse." His labors in Washington 
county, where he spent the latter years of his life, were in the 
Presbyterian churches of Belpre, Warren, and Watertown;he was not, 
however, pastor of any of these churches. He died August 31, 1872, 
at the age of 88 years. 

At the meeting, in Salem, September 10-12, 1839, "The com- 
mittee on the case of Manchester church reported. Their report 
was accepted and after amendment adopted and is as follows: 
"Resolved, That the elder from that portion of the church of Man- 
chester, adhering to this Presbytery is entitled to a seat, because, in 
the present distracted state of the Presbyterian church, the right of 
the majority of the elders of the session of Manchester to retain their 
relation to this Presbytery is as unquestionable, as that of the 
minority to be connected with another. By this resolution the 
Presbytery does not wish to say that the brethren whose delegate has 
been received, have just cause for withdrawing their support from 
brother Rogers, and from refusing to attend on his ministrations. 
On the other hand they believe it to be their duty, under the present 
distressing circumstances of the church, to pay the stipends they 
promised him on settlement, and to attend on his ministry, as they 



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believe the doctrines he preaches, to be in accordance with the word 
of God, and the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church." 

The following resolutions on Slavery were adopted: 

"Whereas we are bound as christians and as officers, of the 
Church of Christ, in every proper way, and on all proper occasions, 
to bear testimony against sin and especially against those sins for 
which we have reason to believe that God is pleading a controversy 
with the church; and whereas it is desirable, on various accounts, in 
our present circumstances especially, that there should be a distinct 
understanding of our views and of the course which we intend to 
pursue in reference to the sin of slavery. Therefore, 1st. Resolved; 
That slaveholding, and justifying the holding of men as slaves, are 
heinous sins against God and man, and that the exercise of discipline 
for these, as for other heinous sins, cannot be omitted without a 
flagrant dereliction of duty. 2nd. Resolved; That this Presbytery 
will not receive as a candidate for the ministry, license, or ordain 
any one known to hold slaves, or to justify the practice of slave- 
holding. 3d. Resolved; That pastors and church sessions, under 
our jurisdiction be, and they hereby are, enjoined to prohibit all 
ministers known either to hold slaves, or to justify the holding of 
slaves, from exercising the functions of the ministry, in the churches 
under their care. 4th. Resolyed; That the Presbytery cannot hold 
fellowship with any Presbytery, Synod, or other ecclesiastical body, 
while it tolerates, under its jurisdiction, either the sin of slaveholding, 
or the justification of the sin of slaveholding, and especially the 
justification of it, by appeal to the Scriptures, which, in the judg- 
ment of this Presbytery, is blasphemy of Almighty God, and a 
shocking prostitution of his Word." The ayes and noes on the 
foregoing resolutions were called for, and were as follows : Ayes, Wm. 
Dickey, Samuel Crothers, John Forbush, EL S. Fullerton, Wm. 
Gage, D. Gilmer, James Stewart, P. Mc Williams, D. Evans, H. 
Lucas, G. Brown, A. McLean, A. Price, John Shepherd and Wm, 
Garrett; Noes, Samuel Steel, John P. Vandyke, Thomas Woodrow, 
John C. Eastman, James McLung, Charles Stephenson, Samuel 
Patton, James Pollock and James McLintick. 

It was "resolved that the names of the members formerly 
belonging to this Presbytery, and now belonging to the Ripley Pres- 
bytery be discontinued from the roll of this Presbytery." Cornelius 
A.. Hoyt was taken under the care of Presbytery as a candidate for 
the ministry. He was licensed in Presbytery, at Greenfield June 11, 
1840. In Presbytery, at Concord, April 6th and 7th, 1841, the ses- 



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sion of Salem church was ordered to cite aud try 0. A. Hoyt charged 
by common fame, "with having countenanced and aided his brother 
in marrying a second wife while his first is still living." In Presby- 
tery, at G reen Held, September 14th and 15th, 1841, Mr. Hoyt 
applied by letter, for dismission to the care of the Presbytery of 
Logansport, Indiana. "In connection with this letter it was resolved 
to attend to the case of Mr. Hoyt, as referred to the session of Salem 
church, at our last meeting. The records of said session were read, 
after which the following was presented and adopted, viz: The 
Session of Salem Church, having been called upon to state what they 
had done incompliance with the order of the Presbytery, in the case 
of C. A. Hoyt, stated that they had called before them said Hoyt, on 
a charge of common fame, of aiding and abetting his brother, Milo 
Hoyt, in the sin of bigamy, and that, after hearing the statement of 
his conduct, in the matter, they had found him guilty, and he neither 
complained nor appealed from the decision. The Session did indeed 
excuse him, on account of the unlimited confidence, which he pro- 
fessed to place in the statements of his brother, but he ought to 
have considered his brother a partial and interested witness and 
exercised a judgment of his own, in a case of so much magnitude." 
"Whereupon, Resolved; That the license of 0. A. Hoyt to preach the 
gospel, as a probationer for the ministry, be, and it hereby is 
recalled, till he give satisfactory evidence of repentance. Resolved; 
That the Stated Clerk, be directed to forward a copy of the above 
to C. A. Hoyt and also to the Presbytery of Logansport." 

The committee on the records of Salem reported, taking excep- 
tion because "the session find him, (C. A. Hoyt,) guilty of the charge 
and then acquit him, because of his views when performing a wicked 
action. Mistaken views, while they may detract from the magnitude 
of the crime, cannot take it away altogether." The whole case was 
referred to the session for review. In Presbytery at Pisgah, April 
5th and 6th, 1842, Salem session reported that they had complied 
with the directions of Presbytery. C. A. Hoyt also applied for the 
restoration of his license, and consideration of the question was 
postponed until the next meeting of Presbytery. In Presbytery at 
Waverly, August 30th and 31st, 1842, Mr. Hoyt's license was restored 
and he was given leave to travel out of bounds until the next stated 
meeting. In Presbytery at West Union, April 4th and 5th, 1843, he 
accepted a call from Bethel and Wilmington: and Romans 3: 21-23, 
was given him as text for trial sermon for ordination. He was 
ordained and installed in Presbytery at Wilmington, June 16, 1843. 
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been ordained and installed pastor of the united churches of Wil- 
mington and Bethel, his name was added to the roll of Presbytery. 
In 1839 the Old School Church had 1,615 ministers, 1,673 churches, 
126,583 communicants. The New School had 1,093 ministers, 1,260 
churches and 106,000 communicants. 



CHAPTER VI. 



When Presbytery met in Greenfield, December 10th and 11th, 
1839, there were left, after the names of those who were now in the 
Presbytery of Ripley had been dropped, of pastors, Wm. Dickey, at 
Bloomingburg; Samuel Crothers, at Greenfield; Samuel Steel, at 
Hillsborough; Thomas Woodrow, at Chillicothe; Hugh S. Fullerton, 
at Salem; Wm. Gage, at Concord and Pisgah; John C. Eastman, at 
Washington; Jacob W. Eastman, at Rocky Spring; John P. Van- 
dyke, at West Union, and Daniel Gilmer, whose pastoral relation 
with Greenland was dissolved at this meeting, and who was not again 
settled in this Presbytery, but in Presbytery at Greenfield. Sep- 
tember, 1841, was dismissed to the Presbytery of Ripley. In addition 
to the above there were Joseph T. Irwin, who at this meeting was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati; John Forbush, who seems 
to have had no regular charge since the relation between him and 
Mount Leigh had been dissolved, in September, 1834, and who was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Lancaster in April, 1841, and James 
Dunlap, at this time without charge. t: A petition was presented 
from several members of Chillicothe church, with others, members 
of other evangelical churches, requesting Presbytery to organize 
them into a church to be called Second Chillicothe." This was 
granted, and H. S. Fullerton, Wm. Gage and James Stewart, with 
Robert Stewart, alternate to James, were appointed a committee to 
meet in Chillicothe as soon as convenient, to organize said church. 
The committee met in Chillicothe, December 21, 1839, and organized 
the Second church with twenty-six members. Richard Long and 
Amos Ford were chosen elders. In Presbytery at Hillsborough, 
April 7th and 8th. 1840, the committer reported that they had 
attended to the matter, and Amos Ford, Ruling Elder from Second 
Chillicothe, took his seat in Presbytery. 

In Presbytery at Concord, April 6th and 7th, 1841, the Stated 
Clerk was directed to inquire if the Second church of Chillicothe still 
wanted to be under the care of this Presbytery. I cannot find that 
they made answer, and there is nothing further in the records of the 
Presbytery concerning the church. I suppose that the name was 
dropped from the roll of churches, and thus alone the fact was 
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some of the minutes of the church I find that in November, 1840, the 
Rev. George Beecher removed from Rochester, New York, and took 
charge of the church, at which time, also, the church became inde- 
pendent and adopted a constitution of which the following is the 
preamble: "The Presbytery of Chillicothe having connected itself 
with the New Basis General Assembly, the church voted that this 
church be henceforth independent and that they adopt the following 
constitution." The constitution was a curious mixture of Congrega- 
tionalism and Presbyteriauism. All the business of the church was 
to be transacted "by its members who are over twenty-one years of 
age and none others shall be considered acting members." In cases 
of discipline, the person accused, or any other acting member of the 
church, who was dissatisfied, could appeal from the decision of the 
session, within a week from the time that the decision was declared, 
to the church, when "the whole testimony shall be laid before the 
church and the accused shall be heard in his own defense, and the 
vote of the majority of the acting male members of the church 
present shall be final and conclusive in the matter." This, or some- 
thing else, seemed to be productive of many church trials. During 
Mr. Beecher's life the church grew rapidly in membership, but was 
probably never so prosperous at any time after his much lamented 
death, concerning which the following is in their records: "July 
1st, 1843, this church endured a most melancholy and distressing 
visitation of Divine Providence in the death of her beloved pastor, 
who accidentally shot himself while shooting birds, in his own 
garden. The corpse was taken to the church, and a sermon was 
preached by the Rev. Mr. Woodrow. Afterwards, on the same day, 
his remains were conveyed to Putnam, and there interred." Before 
this sad event the church had ceased to be independent, having been 
received into the Presbytery of Ripley April 13, 1842, reserving, 
however, the right to settle cases of discipline within themselves. 
The church was continued for a number of years and was preached 
to by several ministers, the last of whom was the Rev. B. F. Stone, 
who was afterward one of the most successful teachers ever in our 
public schools, and then Probate Judge of Ross county for a number 
of years, and is at present practicing law in Chillicothe. 

Synod had found fault with some of the proceedings of Presby- 
tery with their action, in reference to commissioners to the General 
Assembly and concerning slavery. There is no copy in the minutes 
of the Presbytery, of the exception and reproof, but from the action 
of this Greenfield meeting we can understand what they were. 
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FullertoD, Samuel Hibben and George Brown, reported, and, after 
some discussion the report was amended and adopted," (Crothers, 
without doubt, wrote it,) and it is as follows: " The committee on 
the resolution of the Synod requiring this Presbytery to review and 
rescind their resolution on slayery, as unbrotherly in its bearing and 
unconstitutional in its tendency, report — 'That the resolution which 
the Synod requires to be reviewed and rescinded as unbrotherly and 
unconstitutional, contains three distinct propositions. 1st. That 
slaveholding is a sin against God and man. 2d. That justifying it, 
by appeal to- the Scriptures, is blasphemy of Almighty God and 
prostitution of His Word. 3d. That we cannot have fellowship with 
any ecclesiastical body which tolerates these sins in its communion. 
The Synod expressly admits that our testifying against slavery is a 
right admitted, a duty enjoined by our highest court.' The allusion, 
we presume, is to the following decision by the General Assembly, in 
the year 1818, viz: 'We consider the enslaving of one part of the 
human race by another a gross violation of the most precious and 
saredc rights of human nature, and as totally irreconcilable with the^ 
spirit and precepts of the gospel of Christ, etc' It would be 
uncharitable to believe, without palpable evidence, that any ecclesi- 
astical body is corrupt enough to deny that to attempt to prove, by 
the Scriptures, that God allows such iniquity in His church, is to 
blaspheme the Holy One and to prostitute His Word. The title 
which the Holy Spirit, in the Scriptures, gives to a body which would 
deliberately assume such a position and act accordingly, is ' a habita- 
tion of devils.' The Synod also admits that our resolution does not 
necessarily imply an intention to withdraw immediately from the 
Presbyterian church, or any branch of it. But the objection is, that 
should any ecclesiastical body, with which we are now in connection, 
persevere in tolerating the sin, or the blasphemy, or the prostitution 
of the Scriptures, against which we testify, it would lead to with- 
drawal of fellowship from that body. And it is admitted that this is 
the correct view of the matter. But we had no right to assume that 
this would disturb any existing relation to the Synod. In the year 
1830, the Synod of Cincinnati decided that 'buying, selling or 
holding a slave, for the sake of gain, is a heinous sin and scandal, 
requiring the cognizance of the judicatories of the church.' They 
appointed a committee to defend their decision, in a printed address 
to the churches. They set apart the third Thursday of the January 
following, as a day of ' humiliation, fasting and prayer,' and called 
upon all the ministers and sessions under their care 'to convene 
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visit in His wrath, but would, in mercy, give repentance to such as 
are guilty of depriving their fellow-men of their natural rights and 
especially of the means of instruction and grace.' At a subsequent 
meeting they prohibited one of the churches irom employing a min- 
ister of the Synod of Kentucky, because he was a slaveholder; and 
proclaimed to the churches and to the world that they would encour- 
age no minister from the South to settle within their bounds, till he 
had washed his hands of the sin of slaveholding; and every charge 
now brought against this Presbytery was then urged against the 
Synod, by the apologists for slavery. The Presbytery of Chiliicothe, 
therefore, had no right to assume that their resolution would affect 
the Synod, because they had no right to assume that the Synod was 
chargeable with hypocrisy, in all or any of their movements against 
slavery, or that they had apostatized from their own published decla- 
ration, accompanied with humiliation, fasting and prayer. No mere 
man can foretell that it will lead to withdrawal of fellowship from 
any of the bodies with which we are now in connection, unless he can 
foresee their impenitent perseverence in that defense of sin, by the 
Bible, which amounts to a declaration that it is an unholy book and 
that its author is an unholy God. Besides, should this warning prove 
ineffectual, the Presbytery will be competent to name the bodies from 
which fellowship is withdrawn. The Synod give it as their opinion 
that we ought, according to our resolution, either to rescind it or 
peaceably withdraw ,from the body. But we cannot consistently 
withdraw until every scriptural and constitutional means of reforma- 
tion has failed. In that event the path of duty is plain. When our 
Lord was sending, perhaps, the last message He ever intended io send 
His people, by way of revelation, till the trumpet shall sound for the 
final judgment, He charged them, as they regarded His favor and as 
they would not be partakers of the judgments about to be poured 
out, to separate themselves from the body which had become so 
corrupt as to make merchandise of slaves and souls of men, and were 
living in other enumerated sins, not one of which is more heinous 
than making the God of the Bible the author and approver of such 
iniquity. Rev. 18: 4-13. To say that the constitution binds us to 
everlasting fellowship with slaveholders and blasphemers of the 
living God, is to use the constitution of the church of Christ as a cord 
for binding and delivering her into the hands of the uncircumcised. 
This Presbytery has a right to complain of the disregard of the con- 
stitution, in the course which the Synod has taken in this case. Our 
Book of Discipline, (chap. 7, sec. 1st,) expressly requires that when 
any grossly unconstitutional proceedings appear in the records of any 

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judicatory, the lirst step to be taken by the judicatory next above, is 
to cite the judicatory, alleged to have offended, to appear at a specified 
time and place, and show what it has done. But while we are 
deprived of the advantages of this course, pains are taken, in the 
Synod's preamble and resolutions, to fix on us the charge of grossly 
unconstitutional proceedings. They charge us with a measure which 
is ' un scriptural, unconstitutional, irregular, clearly unconstitutional, 
unbrotherly in its bearings, and unconstitutional in its tendency, an 
indirect excommunication of Presbyteries and Synods, a method not 
of memorial, but of revolutionary right, painful and aggravating to 
the feelings of brethren, calculated to defeat its object, not justified 
by our ordination vows,' &c, &c. And then an effort seems to be 
made to show that, notwithstanding all this guilt, ours is to be judg- 
ment tempered with uncommon mercy. The committee of Synod 
entreat them, as with bowels of compassion, ' to exercise all the forms 
of counsel and exhortation and all the feelings of forbearance and 
mildness, rather than excite any one by our action to take what we. 
believe to be an unhappy fctep, both for themselves and the church.' 
We do not recollect to have ever seen, in the course of our lives, an 
ecclesiastical paper, even on a case of the most flagrant immorality or 
heresy, in which such a profusion of epithets is employed to depict 
the guilt of the accused, accompanied with such profession of tender- 
ness. Probably it will reconcile many minds to the disregard of the 
constitution in the case, on the ground that tiie crime was so great 
that the constitutional rules could not reach it, or that such was the 
tenderness of the Synod that they could not find in their hearts to 
apply them. It is worthy of special remark that the charge of 
unscriptural, unconstitutional, &c, is not acc >mpanied with a single 
proof from the Scriptures or from the constitution. The require- 
ment of the Synod that we should review our resolution and uncon- 
ditionally rescind it, as unbrotherly and unconstitutional, without 
permission to feel the convictions which the review might produce, is 
without precedent. If we must decide according to the convictions 
of another, regardless of our own, it would have been more merciful 
to have required us to rescind without review. A Presbytery may be 
required to review and correct, or review and decide conscientiously, 
with the understanding that their decision will be subject to review 
and perhaps reversal by the higher court. But to require us to 
review and rescind as unbrotherly and unconstitutional, regardless 
of our convictions to the contrary, and in defiance of the command 
of God always to speak the truth in our hearts, is to require us to 
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court constituted in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 
Yet we can account for the decision of the Synod without supposing 
that any member of it would knowingly do us wrong. It is one of 
the fearful arrangements of heaven that when such sins as slave- 
holding and the defense of it by appealing to the Word of God, are 
admitted into the church, as a fretting leprosy they pollute all that 
are in it, and it is one of the penalties which God has annexed to the 
scandalous neglect of discipline, which is manifested in the admis- 
sion of such sins, that they soon become sacred, and for their defense 
the most sacred rules will be violated and the most precious rights 
disregarded. The General Assembly, notwithstanding the decision 
that slaveholding is 'a gross violation of the most precious and 
sacred rights of human nature ' — ' utteily inconsistent with the law 
of God and totally irreconcilable with the spirit and principles of the 
gospel of Christ,' to prevent it from being disturbed, in the Presby- 
terian church, has suppressed the right of petition and closed the 
door against discussion. The painful truth is that slavery, in addi- 
tion to stripping millions of our citizens of their natural rights and 
the means of salvation, has corrupted to the core, the faith, the 
morals, the government and the discipline of the Presbyterian 
church. Your committee recommend the adoption of the following 
resolutions, viz. : 1st. Resolved; That to require us to review a reso- 
lution on a subject involving the glory of God and the present and 
eternal welfare of millions, with no alternative but to rescind it as 
unbrotherly and unconstitutional, regardless of our convictions to the 
contrary, is an exercise of power unknown to our Form of Govern- 
ment, repugnant to the Scriptures and without parallel or precedent 
in any regular proceedings in the history of the Presbyterian church. 
2nd. Resolved; That we have no disposition to secede from the 
Presbyterian church, and that we are prepared voluntarily to rescind 
our resolution on slavery the moment the Scriptural or constitutional 
rule w 7 hich it violates is pointed out. 3d. Resolved ; That testifying 
against such sins as slaveholding and blasphemy of God and His 
Word, declaring them to be heinous sins, and that we cannot have 
fellowship with them who tolerate them, is a duty enjoined, in the 
Word of God, and from time immemorial universally conceded as a 
constitutional privilege, and this Presbytery knows no consideration 
which can ever move them to relinquish it. 4th. Resolved; That 
by ecclesiastical bodies which tolerate, in their communion, slave- 
holding and blasphemy of God, by appealing to the Scriptures for its 
justification, we mean those bodies who do not exercise discipline for 
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The Presbytery also, possibly not knowing but what they 
might be driven out from home and looking around to see, if 
worst come to worst, whether any of the neighbors would take them 
in. wanting to make friends to themselves of the mammon of 
unrighteousness, adopted the following preamble and resolution. 
"Whereas the Presbyteries of Chillicothe and Ripley, though 
under distinct organizations, and having different ecclesiastical 
relations, are still one in faith and worship, in their form of church 
government and their plans for the promotion of the glory of God, 
and the salvation of souls, and for the relief and deliverance of the 
oppressed; and whereas, such bodies are under solemn obligations 
to avoid even the appearance of that bigotry which emboldens 
infidelity, and to exhibit that oneness which in our Lord's inter- 
cessory address to the Father, is urged, by the affecting consideration, 
'that the world may know that Thou hast sent me and hast loved 
them as Thou lovest me' Therefore, Resolved; That Hugh S. 
Fiillerton, Wm. Gage and G-eorge Brown be, and they are hereby 
appointed a committee, to meet, or correspond with a similar com- 
mittee, should such be appointed, by the Presbytery of Ripley, for 
the purpose of reporting, cor the consideration of said Presbyteries, 
such regulations as may seem calculated to promote their mutual 
comfort, peace and cu-operation, in the work of their common Lord 
and Master." It would appear that the Ripley Presbytery were not 
so brotherly, for, in Presbytery, at Greenland, June 10th and 11th, 
1840, "the committee appointed some time since, to write the 
Presbytery of Ripley, reported a communication from said Presby- 
tery, in which said Presbytery refused to enter into any special 
correspondence with this Presbytery; which was received and the 
committee was discharged." At # this Greenland meeting, Robert G. 
Wilson D. D. was received again into membership from the Pres- 
bytery of Lancaster. 

In' Presbytery at Washington, September 8th and 9th, 1840, "A 
petition was presented, by sundry persons of Clinton county, 
praying to be organized into a church, which was read, and, on 
motion, Wm. Dickey, Samuel Steel and Joseph Gillespie, were 
appointed a committee to visit them and if they should deem it 
proper, organize them into a church." The Stated Clerk was directed 
to give written notice, of this application, to the church of Wil- 
mington, and the committee was directed to meet, the first 
Wednesday of October, at three o'clock P. M. Thoy did meet, at 
that time, and organized a church which was called Bethel. "The 
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report was approved: 'That, in their opinion, the interests of the 
church will be promoted by the establishment of a depository, in 
Chillicothe, for the books and publications, issued under the care of 
the General Assembly, and that, at l^ast for the present, the depos- 
itory be under the care of Thomas Woodrow, and that a committee 
of three ministers be appointed, to assist him with their counsel, 
whenever it may be necessary.' " Robert G. Wilson, Wm. Dickty 
and Wm. Gage were appointed that committee. 

At the meeting at Goncord, April 6th and 7th, 1841, the Rev 
Wm. Burton was received from the Presbytery of Ohio; at the 
September meeting in Greenfield, the same year, he was appointed 
stated supply at Piketon, for one year. He continued to preach there 
as stated supply until he accepted a call from that church in Presby- 
tery at Belfast, April 2nd and 3rd, 1844. His installation was 
appointed for the third Thursday in June, R. G. Wilson to preside, 
Thomas Woodrow to preach, with H. S. Fullerton and Wm. Gage 
their alternates. 

In Presbytery at Pisgah, April 5th and 6th, 1842, the Rev. 
Adrian Aten was received from the Presbytery of Oxford, and 
accepted a call, from Red Oak; his installation was appointed for the 
Friday preceding the first Sabbath of June, with H. S. Fullerton 
to preach, Wm. Dickey to preside and give the charge, and John P. 
Vandyke and Samuel Steel, alternates. "The committee on the 
petition of certain members at Frankfort, made a report and the 
following was adopted: Resolved; That a committee of two ministers 
and two elders be appointed to visit Frankfort and act on the whole 
subject according to their discretion. S. Crothers and R. G. Wilson 
ministers, and James Mc Connell and Robert Stewart, elders, were 
appointed that committee." This committee reported in Presby- 
tery at Waverly, August 30th and 31st, 1842, that they had attended 
to the matter and finding the people not prepared for the organiza- 
tion of a church, they did nothing in the way of organizing them, 
and so ended the effort of the Presbytery of Chillicothe, O. S., in the 
matter of establishing a Presbyterian church in Frankfort, although 
the people there had built a brick house for a church, which 
however was never entirely finished, and was afterward sold and 

used for a number of years for a wagon and carriage making 

* 

establishment, and afterward for a tanyard. Mr. McCormick how- 
ever preached there, Sabbath afternoons for six months, or a year, 
during the time that he was pastor at Greenland. After this, no effort 
was made by the Presbytery to establish a church in Frankfort, but 



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May 17, 1851, the church in Frankfort was organized by the Rev . 
John Rankin, who was then in the Free church Presbytery of Ripley. 
The following persons were the original members: William Latta, 
M. D., Mahala Hegler Latta, Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Nye, Wm. Ross, 
Elizabeth Ross, D. C. Anderson, Isabella Douglass, and Maggie 
Douglass. Wm. Ross was elected elder, at the organization. The 
Rev. Leroy Rankin and the Rev. Mr. Moore supplied the church 
until 1863, when the Re^ J. R. Gibson was called and remained 
pastor of the churcn until November, 1866. September 28, 1865, the 
church went with its Presbytery into the Scioto Presbytery, New 
School. The Rev. R. C. Galbraith, Jr., supplied the church, in 
connection with Concord, from January 1867 to January 1869, when 
the Rev. B. T. Dewitt began his work there and continued until 
May 1871, when R. C. Galbraith, again supplied the church, 
remaining until December 1880. The church had, at the re-union, 
been brought into the Chillicothe Presbytery where it ought to 
have been from the first. 

George McKinley, a member of the First Church, Chillicothe, 
and Nathaniel Williams were taken under care of Presbytery as 
candidates for the ministry. Mr. McKinley regularly attended the 
succeeding meetings of Presbytery, reading a Latin exegesis on 
"Quid significat Sacramentum?" a critical exercise on Romans 
6:23, and at Concord, October 7-9, 1845, delivered his popular lecture 
on Mat. 5: 1-6. The above parts of trial were sustained and, at his 
request, he was dismissed to the care of the Presbytery of Salem, 
Indiana. 

Mr. McKinley was born in Warren township, Jefferson county, 
Ohio, December 18, 1814. In April, 1815, his father and mother, both 
of whom were born in county Donegal, Ireland, removed to the 
neighborhood of Chillicothe, Ohio. Until he was eighteen years of 
age, his life was spent upon his father's farm. At the age of nine- 
teen he became a member of the First Church, Chillicothe, on pro- 
fession of his faith. He received his literary education at the 
Ohio University in Athens, and began his theological course with 
Drs. Thomas Woodrow and R. G. Wilson, and continued it at the 
New Albany Theological Seminary and was licensed to preach by 
the Salem Presbytery, the name of which was afterward changed to 
New Albany. He entered upon his first pastorate, at Petersburg!}, 
Illinois. September 1, 1846. In 1857, he removed to Middletown, 
Illinois. In September, 1858, he accepted a call to Champaign, 
Illinois, and continued there until in February, 1870, when at his 
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Mexico, for Lis health. After remaining there for sometime, his 
health was partially restored and he returned to Illinois, and for 
some years lived upon his farm seven miles southwest of Champaign. 
He organized the Prairie View church and preached in it for five 
years during the time that he lived upon his farm, but increasing 
years and failing health at length made it necessary that he should 
withdraw from all regular work, and he removed to Champaign, 
where his last years were spent. He died May 21, 1887, and was 
buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery. He was a faithful, earnest, minister 
of the gospel and held in universal respect. The Rev. C. N. Wilder 
preached, May 29, in the church at Champaign, a memorial sermon 
from Acts 11 :24. "A good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of 
faith," in which sermon he spoke of himself as having been, during 
all the years of his ministry in that church, greatly strengthened by 
the presence of Mr. McKinley and "by his beautiful Christian life." 
Mr. Williams who remained in the Presbytery we will hear of 
hereafter. 

In Presbytery, at Waverly, August 30th and 31st, 1842, the Rev. 
Charles Danforth was received as a member. He had sundry 
papers, testimonials of character etc., but was examined, as not 
belonging to our body. I suppose he had been New School or Con- 
gregationalist, but the records do not show where he or his papers 
came from. Manchester was granted leave to employ the Rev. 
Richard Graham, for six months; he was afterward, at Blooming- 
burgh, August, 1843, received into Presbytery, as a member, and 
at Bainbridge, April 1st and 2nd, 1845, was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Redstone. Mr. Graham was a native of Ireland, 
graduated at Princeton Seminary, was pastor at Van Wert and 
Apple Creek, Oval, and Sewickly, Pa., and died 1851. 

In Presbytery, at Hillsborough, Nov. 24, 1842, twenty-three 
persons, members of the Russelville church, which had gone into 
the Ripley Presbytery, requested to be taken under the care of 
the Presbytery of Chillicothe. Their commissioner, Adam Wilson, 
stated the causes of the division, in that church. "1st, Dissatis- 
faction with the Ripley Presbytery, 2nd, Unsound views of doc- 
trine held forth, by sundry ministers, visiting said church." He 
also stated that no member of Chillicothe Presbytery had employed 
any agency in dividing said church, and that they would endeavor 
to accommodate the other part of the congregation, in respect to 
the use of the church, and did not intend to take any advantage, in 
the way of excluding them from their equitable claim, in the church 
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In Presbytery at West Union, April 4th and 5th, 1843, Joseph 
M. Gillespie, John Huston and JamesJS. Fullerton, were taken 
under care of Presbytery as candidates for the ministry. Mr. Gil- 
lespie at several succeeding meetings of Presbytery, read an exegesis 
on "An mors Christi vicaria sitf a critical exercise on Heb. 1:3, 
popular lecture on Mat. 5: 10, and had leave of absence for one year 
to study the Hebrew language at New Albany, Alleghany or Prince- 
ton. He preached his popular sermon and was licensed at Concord, 
October 9th, 1845. Mr. Fullerton had given him, for exegesis, 
" Quare, in Adamo, omnes moriebanturf" Heb. 9: 26, last clause, for 
critical exercise; John 15: 1-8, for popular lecture; and Romans 13: 14 
for sermon which last he delivered and was licensed, in Presbytery at 
New Market, September 4, 1844 C. A. Hoyt accepted a call from 
the churches of Wilmington and Bethel and was assigned Rom. 
21:22 for trial sermon for ordination; he was ordained and installed 
at Wilmington, June 14, 1843. Wm. Dickey preached the ordination 
sermon. 

In the Presbytery at West Union, there was also brought to the 
attention of the Presbytery, the " quarrel and difficulty" at Man- 
chester, in reference to the use of their house of worship, the congre- 
gation being divided into nearly equal parts, one part claiming to 
belong to the Chillicothe and the other to Ripley Presbytery. Pres- 
bytery advised ''that the church property should be exposed to 
public sale and sold to the highest bidder; it being understood 
that none but the parties, by their representatives, should be 
allowed to bid and that the purchaser shall pay one-half the pur- 
chase money to the other party and receive full and entire pos- 
session of said property." 

In Presbytery, at Bloomingburgh, August 29th and 30th, 1843, 
Charles Thayer was taken under care, as a candidate for the 
ministry. He read, at the various following meetings, an exegesis, 
on "An verbum Dei regula sola fidei et vitaef a critical exercise, on 
Romans 8:3; popular lecture, on 2nd. Corinthians 5:1-5, and was 
then granted leave of absence, for one year, to study the Hebrew 
language at New Albany, Alleghany, or Princeton. He delivered 
his popular sermon, at Concord, and having passed all his parts of 
trial, was licensed, October 9, 1845. The subject of churches relin- 
quishing a part of their pastor's ministerial services, for the purpose 
of supplying, in part, destitute churches and neighborhoods, was 
taken up and on inquiry, it was found: "That in general, the 
churches are not willing for such an arrangement." ''It was, Re- 
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Piketon and Waverly that Presbytery will expect thern, at its next 
stated meeting, to make regular application for the services of 
Wm. Burton, if they wish to retain him as their minister. 

The following on slavery was adopted: "Whereas, the General 
Assembly of the Presbyterian church, is composed, in part, of min- 
isters and elders, who buy, sell and hold their fellow men, as 
property, under laws, which make them mere chattels personal, in 
the hands of their owners ; under a system which takes from them 
their inalienable rights and all the fruits of their labors; which 
deprives, nearly one-sixth of the population of these United States, 
of the means of salvation, which God has instituted, and substitutes 
the soul ruining inventions of the Man of Sin; which by anni- 
hilating marriage among colored persons, and depriving females 
of protection, from unprincipled whites, has to a fearful extent, 
converted thirteen of the States and most of the Territories 
into so many great brothels; a system which interferes with all 
the divinely constituted relations, and forbids the discharge of 
any and every duty which they owe to God and man, excepting 
as the fellow worm claiming them, as his property, may please 
to grant indulgence; and whereas the Assembly in 1818, 
decided that this sin is a gross violation of the most precious 
and sacred rights of human nature, utterly inconsistent with 
the law of God, which requires us to love our neighbors as 
ourselves, and is totally irreconcilable with the spirit and principles 
of the gospel of Christ, which enjoins that all things whatsoever ye 
would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them, and that it 
is "manifestly the duty of all Christians, to use their honest 
endeavors, to efface as speedily as possible, this blot from our holy 
religion; and to obtain the complete abolition of slavery throughout 
Christendom and the world" — Yet, notwithstanding this, their 
decision, they have refused to repent themselves, or to use the 
proper means to bring those under their care to repentance; and, on 
the other hand, regardless of this decision, have continued to extend 
the privileges of the church, freely to slaveholders, slave traders, 
and slave breeders, and worst of all to ministers who defend the 
heaven daring system, by appeal to the Scriptures; thus proclaiming, 
id the hearing of our children and before a scoffing world, that the 
Word of God is not pure, and that its author is not infinitely holy ; 
and whereas the Assembly, in contempt of our right to petition and 
discussion, have persevered in refusing to hear respectful memorials, 
on the subject of slavery, or to present them to be discussed, thus 
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seldom dares to refuse to the humblest peasants in his dominions; 
and whereas this Presbytery, after laboring in vain, during more 
than hf teen years, to obtain a hearing, by memorial and discussion, 
on the floor of the Assembly, and apprehending a crisis, when it 
might be necessary to take higher grounds, did, at their meeting, in 
Salem, in September, 1839, adopt a number of resolutions declaring, 
in substance, that "slaveholding is a heinous sin against God and 
men; that defending it by appeal to the Word of God, is a prosti- 
tution of his Word: and a blasphemous denial of His infinite holi- 
ness, and that, they could hold no fellowship with any ecclesiastical 
body that practices and tolerates such sin; and whereas, this 
Presbytery, anzious, if possible, to avoid the necessity of the last 
resort, forwarded in 1842, another memorial to the Assembly, 
respectf ally remonstrating against this sin, and urging some efficient 
action for its removal, which was met by various efforts to prevent 
it from being discussed, until at length the memorial was laid on the 
table until 1S13. Therefore, as a duty which we owe to them and to 
ourselves, to our children, to the millions of our oppressed brethren, 
to the churches under our care, to our country, and to our God, 
resolved: That we do hereby and solemnly protest against the 
doings of the General Assembly, in protecting such daring criminals 
from the censure of the church, and in refusing to hear and consider 
oar memorials, remonstrating against the sins of which they are 
guilty, and we regard it as a gross dereliction of duty, totally incon- 
sistent with the character of a court of Jesus Christ." 

It was also resolved that the Stated Clerk of this Presbytery be 
directed to inform the Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, 
that Alexander Smith, a member of said Presbytery, on his way to 
the last General Assembly, according to current and uncontradicted 
fame, did, by taking from Cincinnati, as his slave, a colored female, 
brought thither by himself, commit an act which, according to the 
constitution and laws of Ohio, is kidnapping and punishable in the 
penitentiary. The following was also adopted: " Whereas, the Pres- 
byterian church in these United States has, in holy and adorable 
providence been, since 1837, unhappily split into two great divisions; 
and whereas, it is believed that a large portion of ministers and elders 
and private members, in each of these divisions, who consider these 
distinct and independent organizations of Presbytery and Synods 
and General Assemblies, as not only an eyil and schism, but also a 
great sin, and the occasion .of much sin, in which all are, more or less 
involved, and which has a most unfriendly influence on the success 
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Resolved; That mere ecclesiastical connection shall not hinder the 
members of this Presbytery, though ecclesiastically connected with 
what is called the Old School organization, from cherishing ministe- 
rial and Christian communion as God, in His providence, may give 
us opportunity, with all ministers and private members who are in 
good and regular ecclesiastical standing in the New School organiza- 
tion." When the book went up to Synod, the " Record was approved, 
except the resolution in reference to 'doings of the General As- 
sembly in protecting such daring criminals,' &c, the language of 
which was declared to be 4 too severe and censorious ; ' and the 
representation of the case representing the individual named, as 
guilty of the sin of kidnapping, whereas, if the statements of one 
of their own members which must, it is presumed, have been before 
them, be true, there is no evidence of guilt in the specified case, aDd 
therefore the conduct of Presbytery in this case is unkind and 
worthy of condemnation. ( Signed, D. K. McDonald, Moderator." 

In Presbytery at Belfast, April 2d and 3d, 1844, in answer to a 
a question, it was resolved that the ordination of Elders and Deacons 
should be performed by the imposition of hands and, also, " Resolved ; 
That it be recommended to the members of this Presbytery, that 
ordinarily, the action sermon be preached by the minister in charge, 
on sacramental occasions." 

A memorial was_ presented from Red Oak, and a committee 
reported upon it, and their report, which is as follows, was adopted: 
"That inasmuch as slaveholding, for the sake of gain, is, in our 
judgment, utterly inconsistent with the law of God and totally 
irreconcilable with the gospel of Christ, it is of vital importance that 
every lawful and proper means should be used for purging the 
church of this enormous sin. The committee therefore recommend 
that the action contemplated in the memorial, be encouraged by this 
Presbytery, and that it be recommended to all the churches under 
our care, to forward memorials to the next meeting of the General 
Assembly, and also to the next meeting of the Synod of Cincinnati." 
The following is also in the minutes of that meeting: "Presbytery 
then proceeded to the appointment of delegates to the next General 
Assembly, whereupon it was moved to postpone the appointment 
of delegates for this year, which motion was not carried. The main 
question was then proposed, viz. : Shall one minister and one elder 
be appointed as delegates to the next Assembly? This motion was 
lost. Dr. R. G. Wilson dissented from, and protested against, this 
decision. Thomas Wood row gave notice that he should complain to 
Synod because of this decision, for the following reasons, viz.: 



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1st. It is contrary to the constitution, which we have solemnly 
adopted and by which all our proceedings ought to be governed. 
[See Form of Government, chap, xii., sec. 2; and chap, xxii., sec. 
2nd. By this decision myself and congregation are virtually cut off 
fro ai the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church, in these 
United States. beiDg deprived of the privilege of representation in 
our supreme judicatory. 3d. Any reasons advanced by the brethren, 
in carrying this strange decision, appear to me wholly unsatisfactory, 
because they militate against that fundamental law, in our constitu- 
tion, that the majority ought to govern. 

In this Belfast Presbytery first appears the Rev. J. A. I. Lowes, 
for maoy years afterwards a member of this Presbytery, but now 
belonging to the Portsmouth Presbytery. He was and is in every 
respect most excellent and worthy. He appears in the following 
minute: " The committee to employ a missionary to labor within 
the bounds of Presbytery, reported that they had employed J. A. I. 
Lowes, who presented a report of missionary services rendered 
during the term of three months. The report was accepted and the 
treasurer was authorized to pay him, at the rate of $33.30 per month." 
In the same meeting it was " resolved that Mr. Lowes be employed 
as a missionary for the term of one month within the bounds of 
the Presbytery." The Rev. Wm. Burton accepted a call from 
Piketon. and his installation was appointed for the third Friday in 
June, R. G. Wilson to preside and Thomas Woodrow to preach, with 
H. S. Fullerton and Wm Gage, alternates. 

In Presbytery at New Market. September 3d and 4th, 1844, 
J. A. I Lowes accepted a call from New Market, was examined and 
ordained, and installed Wednesday, September 4fch. The following 
is from the minutes: "Presbytery had recess until candle-lighting. 
After recess Presbytery met, a sermon was preached by Jacob W. 
Eastman, Wm. Dickey presided and gave the charge to Mr. Lowes, 
he having answered the questions to be put before ordination, which 
ordination was performed by the laying on of the hands of the Pres- 
bytery. Chas. Danforth gave the charge to the church over which 
the said Lowes was iustalled pastor. J. A. I. Lowes was then 
received as a member of Presbytery, and his name entered on 
the roll The church of Russolville obtained leaye to employ 
him one-half of his time. Mr. Lowes' trial sermon for ordina- 
tion was from Ephesians, 2:8. The nomination of delegates to the 
Assembly was taken up and the following adopted: "Whereas, this 
Presbytery, at its last stated meeting, refused to sen<3 commissioners 
to the Genera] Assembly, thus neglecting to comply, with the form 



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of government: Therefore, Resolved; 1st. That wo hereby express 
our regret oa account of said delinquency. 2nd. Resolved; That we 
now, in accordance with former usage, proceed to nominate commis- 
sioners to the next Assembly. Whereupon, William Burton, minister, 
and H. S. Fullerton, alternate; Samuel E. Hibben, elder, principal, 
and Jacob Shepherd, alternate, were nominated." There is a ldnd 
of tradition that for a long time the Chillicothe Presbytery refused 
to send delegates to the General Assembly. I am glad to know that 
the truth about this matter, and the only foundation for the tradition 
is, that they refused this one time, and then had the manhood to 
express their regret. Leave was granted Bainbridge church 4i to 
apply to either Missionary Board for some assistance " in the support 
of Mr. Urmston. whom that church desired to employ as their 
missionary. When the book went up to Synod that fall, for review, 
it was discovered that, at the Belfast meeting, April, 1844, the Rev. 
Joseph T. Irwin, one of the excellent of earth, had been invited to sit 
as a corresponding member, therefore, for that, as well as other action, 
"the following exceptions were taken by the Synod to the above 
proceedings of Presbytery, viz., (page 135 of Records). ; Joseph T. 
Irwin, of Ripley Presbytery, being present, and invited, took his seat 
as a corresponding member,' which Presbytery is only known to us 
as a part of the schism which took place a few years past, and our 
General Assembly, not having opened a correspondence with them, 
it was highly improper to invite one of their members to take part in 
the deliberations of our church courts. (Page 145 of Records.) This 
Presbytery refused to appoint commissioners to the General As- 
sembly. This was a violation of our form of Government and a 
dangerous precedent, which, if carried out by. other Presbyteries, 
would destroy the existence of the Assembly. The action therefore 
seems to demand the disapprobation of this Synod, and the Synod 
hereby do disapprove of this action of Chillicothe Presbytery, and 
enjoin it upon them to send commissioners to the Assembly." 
(Signed) "J. L. Belville, Moderator Synod." 

Hillsborough, December 18, 1844, the Rev. N. M. Urmston, from 
the "Litchfield Association North," was received into the Presbytery, 
accepted a call from Bainbridge, and his installation was appointed 
for Wednesday, April 2nd, 1845, Wm. Dickey to preside, Samuel 
Steel to preach, S. Crothers and Wm. Gage alternates. In Presby- 
tery at Bainbridge, April 1-2, 1845, when the above installation was 
attended to, the pastoral relation between the Rev. Jacob *W. East- 
man and the Rocky Spring church was dissolved, also that between 
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obtained leave to labor one-half of his time, which New Market did 
not claim, either in or out of bounds. James Dunlap obtained 
leave to labor out of bounds. "The following notice was given, 
in writing, to the Presbytery, viz.: The undersigned respect- 
fully gives notice, that he intends to apply, to the next General 
Assembly, for such an alteration of the bounds, betwixt the Synods 
of Cincinnati and Ohio, as will place the churches of Chillicothe and 
Union within the bounds of the Ohio Synod. 

(Signed) Thos. Woodkow." 
The following committee was appointed to present the views of 
this Presbytery before the General Assembly in opposition to said 
contemplated alteration, viz. : Messrs. Samuel Steel and Adrian Aten. 
A motion was made to indefinitely postpone the appointment of 
commissioners to the General Assembly; Adrian Aten and John Shep- 
herd voted in favor of it; R. G. Wilson, J. W. Eastman, Samuel 
Steel, Thos. Woodrow, John P. Vandyke, Wm. Gage, H. S. Fuller- 
ton, C. A. Hoyt, N. M. Urmston, Charles Danforth, James McCoy 
James Stewart, Saml. E. Hibben, Thomas Carothers, James Wilson, 
Thomas Wilson, J. W. Blair, J. Donaldson, A. Wilson and Daniel 
John, voted against it. Then the indefinite postponement having 
failed, the motion to appoint commissioners was renewed, when 
Messrs. Samuel Crothers, Thomas McGarraugh, Robert Stewart, 
George Brown, J. A. I. Lowes, A. B. Wilson, George Adair, James 
Dunlap and Wm. Dickey asked to be excused from voting on this 
matter, for the following reasons, viz.: 1st. Because the General 
Assembly is annually composed in part of those who now hold their 
fellow-men as property, under a system which takes from them their 
inalienable rights and the means which God has instituted for their 
salvation, and frequently of those who prostitute the word of God, to 
the defense of this heinous sin, as a divine institution. 2nd. Because 
the Assembly, for more than twenty years, have utterly refused to 
hear a memorial or argument, in favor of universal liberty and the 
universal enjoyment of the means of salvation. 3rd. Because while 
we cannot sit, nor vote for the appointment of a brother, to sit dumb 
in such a body, yet as some of the brethren hope that the next 
Assembly will pursue a different course in this instance, they are 
unwilling to hinder them from sending commissioners." Presbytery 
then appointed commissioners, those who had been nominated at the 
Fall meeting. "Against this action the following protest was offered, 
viz: we, the undersigned, members of the Presbytery of Chillicothe, 
feel it to be our duty to enter our solemn protest against the action 
of the Presbytery by which they determined to send commissioners 



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to the next General Assembly, for the following reasons: 1st. 
Because that each General Assembly has forfeited the confidence of 
this Presbytery, by the manner, in which they have, every year, for 
the last twenty years, treated the memorials and petitions, laid 
before them by this Presbytery and the churches under its care, on 
the subject of slavery. 2d. Because the General Assembly having 
every year, during the last twenty years, perseveringly refused to 
bear testimony against slavery and to exercise the power belonging 
to them, of deciding controversies respecting doctrine and discipline, 
of reproving, warning and bearing testimony against error in doc- 
trine, or immorality in practice, in any church, Presbytery or 
Synod ; and having virtually denied the right of petition to this 
Presbytery as a constituent part in the organization of that body, 
has violated, on their part, the compact by which the body exists 
each year, and therefore the Presbytery are released from their 
obligation to comply with the compact, on their part. 3d. Because 
the action of the Presbytery, in this case, is mischievous in its 
tendency. It is calculated to make the impression, on all our 
churches, that this Presbytery acquiesces in the pro-slavery views 
of the General Assembly indirectly expressed by their refusing, for 
the last twenty years, to bear testimony against slavery and 
declare it a sin, and in direct conflict with the Word of God and 
and the constitution of the Presbyterian Church in these United 



"The following case of conscience was presented to Presby- 
tery for their advice touching it, viz; a member of the Presby- 
terian church, who has ten dollars for the cause of Foreign 
Missions, and who fears that funds, sent to the heathen, in the 
name of a church contenancing slavery, will not accomplish 
the desired object, asks the advice of Chillicothe Presbytery 
as to the application of the above named funds." "In answer to 
the above the Presbytery advise the person to hand the amount 
to brother Steel, to be forwarded by him, to aid the Foreign 
Missionary Board of the General Assembly." The following 
was also adopted: "Whereas, a publication has appeared, 
in several papers of the country, unjustly reflecting on the 
character cf this Presbytery, by stating that we had passed a reso- 
lution declaring our intention to cease all connection with the 
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, unless said Assembly 
should, at the next meeting, take such action as is calculated imme- 
diately to free the church from slaveholding; "Therefore, Resolved; 



States." 



(Signed,) 



Adrian Aten, 
John Shepherd. 



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That we hereby disavow the charge thus made, and direct our 
Stated Clerk, to have this denial inserted in such of the public 
prints as he may think proper." While I am sincerely thankful that 
the Presbytery never did pass any such resolution, I must confess 
that I wonder that they did not, and am not at all surprised that 
it was reported that they had. When the book went to Synod, the 
following exceptions were taken and put upon the records: "1st. 
There is a record of the reception of a minister, from a Congrega- 
tional Association, (the Rev. Mr. Urmston,) without the adoption of 
the constitution of our church, contrary to the order of the General 
Assembly and the spirit of the constitution itself. The committee 
therefore, recommend that it .be enjoined on the Presbytery of 
Ohillicothe still to require the adoption of our standards, in this 
instance. 2nd. There is a record of the dismissing a minister, (the 
Rev. J. W. McCormick,) at his own request, to unite with the Pres- 
bytery of Ripley, which body is not in our connexion. The testi- 
monials properly given in such a case should not be a dismission, 
but a certificate of standing. 3d. There are several imperfect 
minutes, 01 cases of imperfect action. A committee report, and no 
order appears to have been taken in regard to their report. Several 
members ask to be excused from voting, and it is not said whether 
the request was granted, or refused, while the question was deemed 
of high importance, inasmuch as a number of weighty reasons 
were assigned and recorded, why they asked to be excused, and two 
members entered a solemn protest which, with its reasons, was 
recorded on the minutes." October 20th, 1845. 

(Signed.) Thos. J. Biggs, Moderator. 

In Presbytery at Concord, October 7-9, 1845, the pastoral rela- 
tion between the Rev. C. A. Hoyt and the WilmiDgton and Bethel 
churches was dissolved, and Mr. Hoyt was granted leave to travel out 
of bounds until the next stated meeting. H. S. Fullerton and 
Samuel Hibben were nominated for commissioners to the General 
Assembly. "The following protest was then offered and admitted to 
record, viz. : The undersigned protest against the decision of Presby- 
tery to nominate commissioners to the next General Assembly for 
the following reasons, viz. : 1st. Because, according to the declaration 
of that body last year, the next Assembly is to be viewed not as a 
judicatory instituted by the Head of the church,, and built on the 
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being 
the chief corner-stone, but as a body organized and administered on 
the conceded principle that men who steal, or take forcibly their 
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labors, and, for the purpose of making him submit to his brute 
condition, take from him the Word of Life and compel him to live on 
the popish abomination, "oral instruction," are not to be biought to 
repentance by the prompt and faithful exercise of discipline, as in 
other cases of flagrant iniquity. The undersigned believe that such 
a body exhibit some of the essential marks of anti-Christ. 2d. Be- 
cause, according to the Word of God and the constitution and 
standards of the Presbyterian church, the discipline, which every 
minister and elder is bound to sustain, is the exercise of that authority 
and the application of that system of laws which the Lord Jesus 
Christ hath instituted in His church, and the offences of which they 
are bound to take cognizance, are these things in the principles and 
practice of a church member which are contrary to the Word of God, 
and which, if they be not in their own nature sinful, may tempt 
others to sin, or hinder their spiritual edification ; and therefore the 
declaration of the last Assembly, that they are to be regulated by the 
bargain, that to exercise discipline upon slaveholders is neither more 
nor less than an open declaration of apostasy, and the undersigned 
cannot consent to be partakers with them, by assisting in the annual 
organization of such a body for such a purpose. 3d. The General 
Assembly after having for twenty years, refused to treat respectfully, 
memorials on the subject of slavery, have at length decided that 
memorialists, who ask that body to make the holding of slaves a 
matter of discipline, are to be viewed as persons pursuing a course 
at war with the existence of the Assembly and the union of our 
beloved country. And the undersigned have no wish to be treateb as 
traitors, and no desire for a seat in a body so recreant to its own 
publicly declared conviction, as not to exercise the discipline of the 
church for the sin of treason." 

(Signed,) Samuel Crothers, J as. Dunlap, 



Some resolutions were also offered, recommending the churches 
to take up a collection for the Board of Domestic Missions, under 
the care of the General Assembly, and appointing the first Sabbath 
of November as the time for the collection, and, ''whereas, some 
of our churches -have conscientious scruples respecting the propriety 
of contributing to this Board, on the ground that it is pledged to 
support missionaries in the South, who are known to yield obedience 
to these wicked laws, which will allow of no instruction to slaves, 



John Shepherd, 
A. Aten, 
J. A. I. Lowes, 
J. Henry, 



P. Mc Williams. 
W. Wilson, 
D. Matthews, 
J. P. Smith, 



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excepting oral instruction. Therefore, Resolved; That it be recom- 
mended, to such churches, to contribute on the express condition 
that the funds given by them shall be expended in the free States." 
There was also a long report on the subject of a minister of the 
gospel exercising the office of a civil magistrate, which was adopted. 
It concluded thus: "Resolved; That when a minister of the gospel, 
not regularly released from the obligation imposed by the Word 
of God and his own ordination vows, to discharge diligently and 
faithfully the duties of the gospel ministry, takes an oath to dis- 
charge the duties of a civil magistrate, he is chargeable with an 
irregularity and dereliction of office which the Presbytery cannot 
countenance." 

In Presbytery at Chiliicothe, April 6-8, 1846, " a petition for the 
organization of a church in Cynthiaua was presented to Presbytery; 
whereupon Messrs. Steel, Urmston and P. Taylor were appointed to 
visit said place and inquire into the expediency of organizing said 
petitioners into a church, and to organize them, if in their judgment 
it was proper to be done." This committee, at the next meeting 
of Presbytery, reported that tbey had organized a church there, to be 
called Cynthiana. John Huston and J. S. Fullerton were granted 
leave to travel out of bounds until the next stated meeting of Presby- 
tery. They warmed up again on slavery and adopted the following: 
Whereas, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church, in 
these United States, has, for many years past, refused to bear testi- 
mony against slaveholding, as a censurable offense, and whereas, the 
last General Assembly did set forth and sanction the sentiment that 
the holding of slaves, under some circumstances, is not a sin, and that 
the renunciation of it ought not to be made a condition of member- 
ship in the church of Christ; Therefore, Resolved; That if by 
slaveholding the Assembly meant the conduct of the man who takes 
advantage of the slave laws to hold Lis fellow-men as his property, to 
be used for their master's profit, we would solemnly protest against 
the declaration of the Assembly. Resolved, 2d; That if by slave- 
holding the Assembly meant the conduct of the man who, according 
to law, may be considered a slaveholder, but does not assume the 
power which the slave code gives him, further than is necessary to 
emancipate his slaves as soon as practicable, we highly approve 
of their decision. Such a case implies no guilt on the part of the 
individual." The paper that was first presented was as follows: 
" Whereas, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church, in the 
United States of America, has, for many years, refused to bear testi- 
mony against slaveholding as a censurable practice, and, whereas, the 



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last Assembly did set forth and sanction the sentiment that the 
holding of slaves, under some circumstances, is not a sin, and that 
the renunciation of it ought not to be made a condition of member- 
ship in the church of Christ; and whereas, the Synod of Cincinnati 
did, at its meeting in October last, declare that they cordially approve 
of the action of the General Assembly, in refusing to make slave- 
holding, in itself, without regard to circumstances, a bar to Christian 
communion; Therefore, 1st. Resolved; That the Presbytery solemnly 
protests against those declarations of the Assembly and Synod 
of Cincinnati, as being contrary to the Word of God and the 
constitution of the Presbyterian church. 2d. Resolved; That this 
Presbytery will henceforth dissolve the connection with the General 
Assembly and Synod of Cincinnati, until they shall return unto the 
principle of the Word of God and the constitution of the Presby- 
terian church in relation to slavery." This, however, did not carry, 
but was adopted as above, though at one time they came perilously 
near the edge of the precipice, for they adopted the preamble and the 
first resolution, when " Messrs. Crothers, Dickey and Vandyke were 
appointed to prepare a minute explanatory of the views of those 
who voted in favor of the preamble and resolution, with the hope 
that some who voted in the negative might be able to vote in the 
affirmative." But when the explanation was made, the whole was 
voted down, and the modified and mollified form above was adopted. 

The following paper was presented to Presbytery, and, on 
motion, was admitted to Record: "Whereas, the General Assembly 
of the Presbyterian church, in the United States, has for many 
years past refused to bear testimony against slaveholding, as a 
censurable practice; and whereas the General Assembly did, at its 
meeting, in May last, set forth and sanction the sentiment that 
the holding of slaves, under some circumstances is not a sin,' and 
that the renunciation of it ought not to be made a condition of 
membership, in the church of Christ; and whereas the Synod of 
Cincinnati did, at its meeting in October last, declare that they 
cordially approve the diction of the General Assembly, in refusing to 
make slaveholding in itself, without regard to circumstances, a bar 
to Christian communion; and, whereas the Presbytery of Chilli- 
cothe has, at its present meeting, refused to protest against this 
action of the General Assembly and Synod of Cincinnati, and to 
decide on the character of slaveholding; Therefore, the undersigned 
believing that the General Assembly and Synod of Cincinnati, in 
this action have departed from the Word of God and the constitu- 
tion of the Presbyterian church, in a vital and fundamental prin- 



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ciple; and that the Presbytery of Chillicotbe, in this matter, recreant 
to the trust committed to them, by the Head of the Church, does 
hereby, in the fear of God and the conscientious discharge of duty, 
decline the jurisdiction of said Presbytery until they shall come to 
what he believes to be the principles of the Word of God and the 
Constitution of the Presbyterian church, in regard to slaveholding." 

(Signed,) Adrian Aten. 

"The elder from the Red Oak Church, was requested to inform 
said church, of the course taken by their pastor, with the expectation 
that, in due time, the church would inform the Presbytery whether 
they approve the course, or otherwise. The constitutional questions, 
as directed by Synod, were proposed to Mr. Urmston, who answered 
them satisfactorily, A certificate of character and ministerial stand- 
ing was given to Adrian Aten, at his request. It was 'Resolved; 
That while, in the judgment of this Presbytery, a minister of the 
gospel may be justifiable in devoting part of his time to literary 
institutions, or to some labor necessary to the support of himself and 
family, yet as a general principle they will consider it irregular for 
oue under their care, to engage in secular employments, without 
first applying for the advice of Presbytery.' " 

In Presbytery at Sinking Spring, September 8-10, 1846, the 
following was found in the Session Records of Greenfield: "August 
15, 1846, Session met agreeably to adjournment; opened with 
prayer: members all present. The committee appointed at the last 
meeting of the session reported. Their report was received, and 
after deliberation and discussion, was unanimously adopted, and is, 
as follows: Whereas, The General Assembly of the Presbyterian 
church, and the Synod of Cincinnati continue to be composed in 
part, of those who hold, and by their example persuade others to 
hold, their fellow-men as slaves, under a system which declares 
them to be mere 'chattels personal in the bands of the owners;' 
under a system which strips one-eighth of the population of these 
States of those personal and inalienable rights which God has given 
to every human being; a system which robs them of all the fruits of 
their labor, excepting so much as may be necessary to enable tbem 
to endure oppression; a system which interferes with all the divinely 
constituted relations, and sunders the strongest and tenderest ties, 
whenever the covetousness of the master may demand it; a system 
which forbids the discbarge of any and every duty which they owe to 
God and man, excepting so far as a fellow-man may please to grant 
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for marriage and compels females to submit to the demands of 
unprincipled white men; a system ^hich in disregard of the life of 
their souls, takes from them the Word of God and substitutes oral 
instruction, and such oral instruction only as their drivers may 
consider favorable to the safety and perpetuity of their enslavement. 
The sins which constitute the slaveholder's crime, to wit: covet- 
ousness and extortion, (or taking, by force, that which is another's,) 
were considered, in the apostolic churches, so repugnant to Christian 
character that the apostle speaks of it as a well known fact, as a 
matter of course, that christians who had been guilty of them, had 
repented and tied to Jesus Christ forpardun: 'Such were some of 
you, but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified, in 
tbe name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.' He 
classes these sins with the most scandalous breaches of God's law, 
and declares that those who live in them shall not inherit the king- 
dom of God. He records as the standing injunction of Heaven, for 
all generations, " not to keep company if any man that is called a 
brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a 
drunkard or an extortioner, with such an one not to eat." Vide 1st. 
Cor. 6: 9-ll*and 5: 11. We have no disposition to leave the church 
of God, God forbid — but whether it be a duty to withdraw fellow- 
ship from those who, after years of expostulation, will persevere in 
practicing, or defending, so gross a sin as slaveholding and the 
abominations inseparable from it, is a question settled by the exam- 
ple of our Lord, and His forerunner and disciples. They did not 
leave the church of God ; but, by baptism they drew the line be- 
tween those who repented and those who, in addition to other sins, 
held on in making God's house of prayer a den of thieves. Beyond 
that time they held no communion which would imply a rc cognition 
of them as obedient children of God, no communion which was not 
common to all who were ceremonially clean enough to enter the 
courts of God's house. Our Saviour urged his disciples to evince 
their faith and obedience to Him by pursuing this course, even at 
the hazard of being deprived of the privilege of hearing the Scrip- 
tures publicly read in the Synagogue, on the Sabbath day, and of 
being deprived of all the privileges, civil, or religious, the loss of 
which is implied in being put out of the Synagogue, The General 
Assembly has put the extinguisher on the hope of seeing the Presby- 
terian* church purified from this iniquitous system, by the exercise 
of discipline; and without discipline the church never was and never 
will be purified, from any gross sin of long standing. They refuped 
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the Word of God, to the defense of slaveholdiDg and even those five 
ways of slave-making, (by birth, captivity, etc.,) so revolting to 
common sense and common decency that they Dever were tolerated 
without limitation, even by pagans on the coast of Africa. The 
Assembly declare 'that neither the Scriptures nor our constitution 
authorize them to present any particular course to be pursued, by 
the churches under their care, for removing slavery;' that 'slave- 
holders were admitted to churches organized by the Apostles ;' that, 
Christ and His apostles did not make slaveholdiDg a bar to com- 
munion; that they, 'as a Court of Christ, have no authority to do 
it,' and that to exercise discipline for this sin would be inconsistent 
with the conceded principle on which the Assembly was originally 
organized, and would be virtually dissolving itself. They have, 
even recently furnished additional proof, if any were wanting, that 
hope of any speedy change of sentiment or purpose, respecting this 
crying iniquity, is delusive. They have required the churches in 
their future statistical tables to exhibit, in a column separate from 
that of the whites, the number of pious slaves. It is difficult to 
conceive what could be the design, but the probable effect is 
obvious. Such tables will be neither more nor less than a shameless 
proclamation of the extent to which the Presbyterian church is 
engaged, in holding the members ot the Saviour's body in the condi- 
tion of chattels personal. It will help to confirm every infidel 
who has intelligence enough to know that religion, to be worth 
anything, must make its possessor an honest man. It will help to 
cheer up the spirits of many an ignorant slaveholder, when 
troubled at the thought of going to judgment, rioting on the 
unpaid labors of the fatherless, the widow and the stranger. He 
will rejoice when he sees the extent to which Christians, engaged 
in the same business, profess to be going to heaven. And if the 
Spirit of God should be pleading with some oppressor, to break the 
chains and let his "little ones" go free, what will be the effect when 
our statistical reports inform him that the practice about which he is 
permitting his mind to be troubled, is no bar to communion among 
the wisest and best men, in one of the largest denominations in our 
land ? The command of our Saviour is "Let youf light shine," but 
the General Assembly must have had some mysterious object in 
view, when they command the churches to let their wickedness shine. 
It evinces a bold determination to sustain, slavery. They have pro- 
claimed it on their minutes that the testimony against slavery, 
issued in 1818, declaring it to be utterly inconsistent with the law 
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tlie gospel, as interpreted by them, accords with their own decision 
in 1845, which makes it a sin, so entirely harmless and venial, that 
it was no bar to communion with Jesus Christ and his Apostles. 
We need not be told that, at the last meeting our commissioners 
were permitted to speak out their sentiments. The amount of it is 
that, for once, they did not take from them a right which the 
ascended Saviour has guaranteed to the humblest officer in the 
house of God, and one which no body of men can take away, but 
at the risk of incurring the divine displeasure. And it is to be 
feared that this rare condescension will be considered as imposing a 
lasting obligation to silence and submission. It is a humiliating fact 
that we have been so long familiar with appeals to the Scriptures, 
and other efforts of that body to defend those who are degraiing 
and plundering millions of men and women and little children, that 
we are beginning to feel patient and thankful, if our own commis- 
sioners are permitted to escape. But the repose of the oppressor will 
not be disturbed next year. We have adjourned, to meet in one of 
those slave regions, where the man who opens his mouth against the 
sin of slaveholding, must make up his mind to abide the conse- 
quences. In the meantime, the Synod of Cincinnati are far gone from 
the ground they once occupied. They have repented of their 
refusal to receive a minister because he had sold a woman ; of their 
forbidding one of their churches to call a minister, from another 
state, because he was a slaveholder; of their proclamation to the 
South that those who wish to be received must wash their hands of 
this iniquity ; of their day of fasting, on account of this sin ; of their 
earnest exhortation to the people under their care, to assemble in 
their respective churches, and cry mightily to God for forgiveness, 
and plead with him to avert from us His wrath. As an unequivocal 
proof of their haviDg taken back their repentance and prayers for 
pardon, they have, within the last two years, received a slaveholding 
minister who, at the time of his reception, avowed it that he had 
bought, sold and held human beings, as slaves, and that he then 
held a man whom he would probably sell. Thus, as to their future 
course, they have settled their principles. Thus the churches, of the 
South, are informed that if any one is willing to leave his slaves in 
the hands of the overseer, and seek a region where he can live on 
the gains of oppression, undisturbed by the cries and tears of the 
oppressed, the door of Synod stands open, and he may calculate on 
the government and discipline of the Church being employed, not to 
bring him to repentance of his sin , but to defend him as a brother in 
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employed, during a period of from sixteen to twenty-five years past, 
to induce those bodies to change their course, have been not only 
unavailing, but have been made the occasion for a more settled 
determination to persevere, and for the propagation of principles, 
by way of apology, which are subversive of the Scriptures and the 
declared faith of the Presbyterian Church." 

This long preamble was followed by a resolution which is 
quoted in the report of N. M. Urmston and Samuel E. Hibben, 
committee to examine the records of the session of Greenfield Church, 
which report is, as follows: "Your committee have examined with 
care these records aforesaid and do hereby recommend the approval 
thereof, with the exception of a declaration upon the subject of 
slavery found on page 90-96 inclusive, together with a resolution and 
further declaration, at the close of said document, which resolution 
and subsequent declaration are as follows: "Resolved; That this 
session cannot in future, hold fellowship with the General Assembly 
or the Synod of Cincinnati, till they repent and bring forth fruits 
worthy of repentance, and in the language of the Presbytery of 
Chillicothe, in 1839, they further declare that they cannot hold 
fellowship with, any Presbytery, Synod, or other ecclesiastical body, 
while it tolerates under its jurisdiction, either the sin of slaveholding, 
or the justification of the sin of slaveholding, and especially, the 
justification of it by appeal to the Scriptures, which in their judg- 
ment, is blasphemy of Almighty God and a shocking prostitution 
of His Word. Your committee would by no means impugn the 
the motives of the brethren who passed this resolution and, by their 
subsequent declaration, charge the Synod of Cincinnati and the 
General Assembly withblasphemy of Almighty God, still, a proceed- 
ing so novel in its character, so entirely unauthorized by anything 
in the system of Church Government, to the observance of which all 
ministers and elders are bound by their ordination vows, and one 
which involves in it the exercise of a power incompatible with the 
rights of church members, demands, of course, the prompt inter- 
ference of the superior judicatories, and in view of the aforesaid 
declaration and resolution, your committee recommend for your 
adoption the following resolutions: 1st. Resolved; That the fellow- 
ship, or connection of a church session with the General Assembly, 
is of an indirect character, and chiefly through the medium of Pres- 
bytery ; hence so long as the session retains its connection with 
Presbytery, and Presbytery with the Assembly, the link which 
binds the first to the last remains necessarily unbroken, any resolution, 
or declaration of the session, to, the contrary, notwithstanding. The 



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act of the Greenfield session, ho far as the Assembly is concerned, is 
therefore delusory in its chaiacter, and inoperative in its nature. 
2nd. Kesolved; That so far as the matter relates to Synod, the 
aforesaid resolution of Greeuiield Church {Session, being directly 
subversive of Chap. VIII, Sec. 1st, of the Form of Government, where 
it is declared to be agreeable to Scripture and the practice of 
primitive Christians, that the church be governed by congregational, 
presbyterial and synodical assemblies, and Chap. IX, Sec. 6th, which 
provides for the election of delegates by the session, to the 
higher judicatories; and indirectly subversive of Chap. XI, which 
provides for the existence of Synod, and declares that it shall 
convene at least once in a year; and a departure from the principles 
avowed and constitutionally required to be avowed at the time of 
their ordination; is evidently unconstitutional and therefore null and 
void. 3d. Kesolved further; That no church session has power to 
release itself from a plain, constitutional obligation, so long as it 
retains its connection with the body of which it forms a part, nor 
can it, by any vote, resolution, or declaration, change the relation of 
a particular church to the body, either in whole, or in part, without 
the sanction of the members of said church. 4th. Kesolved; That 
acts, or resolutions-of this character, being destitute of legal author- 
ity, and also destructive of the rights of church members, possess no 
binding force whatever." What could have been meant, by the fol- 
lowing, which, however, failed to pass, I cannot comprehend. 

u The following preamble and resolution was presented to 
Presbytery by the session of Red Oak church, viz.: Whereas, the 
Presbytery of Chillicothe did, in 1839, declare that they cannot hold 
fellowship with any Presbytery, Synod, or other ecclesiastical body, 
uhilo it tolerates under its jurisdiction, either the sin of slave- 
holding or the justification of the sin of slaveholding, and, whereas, 
in our judgment, the General Assembly does tolerate under its 
jurisdiction, the sin of slaveholding and justifies this sin by appeals 
to the Word of God, in declaring that Christ and the inspired 
apostles did not denounce the relation as sinful, in itself, or incon- 
sistent with Christianity, and that slaveholders were admitted to 
membership in the churches organized by the apostles; and, 
whereas, the Synod of Cincinnati declared its cordial approbation 
of the action of the Assembly, in refusing to make slaveholding, 
in itself, a bar to Christian communion, said Synod does equally, 
in our judgment, tolerate and justify the sin of slaveholding. -And 
whereas, the Presbytery of Chillicothe does hold fellowship with 
the Assembly and Synod of Cincinnati, by continuing their con- 

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nection in the said bodies; tkererefore, Resolved; That as long as 
the Presbytery of Chill icothe continues to hold fellowship with 
Assembly and Synod, we canaot hold fellowship with the said 
Presbytery, without violating the resolution of 1839. After some 
discussion of the foregoing preamble and resolution," the vote was 
taken by yeas and nays — 4 yeas and 22 nays. 

A call from Rocky Spring for his pastoral labors was put into 
the hands of Joseph M. Gillespie, which he agreed to accept, and 
Romans, 5: 10, was given him as a text for trial sermon for ordina- 
tion, but in Presbytery, the next January, at Rocky Spring, on 
account of continued ill health, Mr. Gillespie returned the call. The 
relation between the Rev. J. A. I. Lowes and New Market was dis- 
solved, and Mr. Lowes was granted leave to travel out of bounds until 
the next stated meeting. Mr. Charles Thayer was dismissed to the 
care of Marion Presbytery. Mr. John Cromwell, a licentiate of the 
Manhattan Congregational Association, was taken under care of 
Presbytery. Mr. Emilius Grand Girard was licensed the last day 
of the meeting, Thursday, September 10. 1846. Mr. Grand Girard 
had been taken under care of Presbytery a^ New Market, September 
3d and 1th, 1841, and had read his exegesis, and a critical exercise on 
Rom. 8: 1-1, at the intervening meetings, and now preached his 
popular sermon on Isaiah, 5: 4, and was licensed. "It was resolved, 
that a certified copy of the proceedings of Presbytery on the subject 
of slavery, on which A. Aten's declination is predicated, be trans- 
mitted to the session of Red Oak church, that they may be informed 
as to the course pursued by their pastor, in declining his connection 
with Presbytery, and that said church be requested to inform the 
Presbytery whether they concur with their pastor in said declina- 
tion." At the next meeting of Presbytery, which was at Rocky 
Spring, November 24, 1846, "the elder from Red Oak church 
informed the Presbytery that their late pastor had ceased preaching 
to said church, and consequently they asked permission to engage 
supplies until the next stated meeting of Presbytery- wherefore, it 
was resolved, 1st. That inasmuch as the Rev. Adrian Aten has 
declined the jurisdiction of this Presbytery, and withdrawn his con- 
nection, as pastor, from Red Oak church, said church is hereby 
declared vacant. 2nd. That the session of Red Oak be authorized to 
obtain supplies until the April meeting. John Huston was dismissed 
to the Presbytery of Logansporfc, and James S. Fullerton to the 
PrDsbytery of Iowa. Mr. Fullerton was born in the vicinity of 
Chillicothe, Ohio, July 4, 1819, educated at Ohio University, Athens, 
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oar Presbytery he began preaching at West Point, Lee county, Iowa, 
and was ordained by Iowa Presbytery, the only one then iu the 
State. Three years later he went to Marion, in Linn county, October 
1, 1849, and preached also to the Linn Grove church, to which place 
he removed with his family in May, 1855, having resigned his charge 
at Marion. Before 1860 he gave up his charge at Linn Grove on 
account of ill health, suffering greatly from curvature of the spine, 
but continued to preach whenever health and opportunity permitted. 
But three Sabbaths before his death he assisted at the communion. 
He continued to reside at Linn Grove, near Mount Vernon, Iowa, 
until his death. He wa3 consistent and conscientious in life and 
conduct, much beloved by the people among whom he lived, and 
remarkably patient in his long and severe affliction, bearing all that 
came upon him with Christian submission. He died May 13, 1874. 
The Kev. J. L. Wilson preached at his funeral, from the text, Prov. 
14: 32, "The righteous hath hope in His death;" a text suggested by 
his death-bed exercises and conversation, as most appropriate. Mr. 
Huston is still living. He was born November 14, 1816, in or near 
Circleville, Ohio, and joined the church at South Salem when about 
fourteen years of age. He studied theology with Dr. Crothers, and 
the Rev. H. S, Fulle'rton; was ordained by the Presbytery of Logans- 
port. He has preached also in Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, and is 
now in Nebraska; and in the Minutes for 1888, his address is given 
at Atkinson, Nebraska. He is stated supply of Green Valley church. 

The next meeting of Presbytery was also at Rocky Spring, 
January 26th, 1847. At this meeting James Gilliland Hopkins was 
licensed. He had been under the care of the Presbytery of Ripley, 
and had passed parts of his trial for licensure, but when taken under 
care of our Presbytery at Rocky Spring, November 24, 1846, " Presby- 
tery deemed it advisable, inasmuch as he came from another body, to 
carry him through all the trials prescribed in the Form of Govern- 
ment;" so he was examined and read a critical exercise on Hebrews, 
6: 4, 5; had a subject for Latin exegesis assigned him; the Epistle to 
Philemon for a popular lecture, and Hebrews, 1 : 8, for a popular 
sermon; and at this meeting delivered them, was examined and 
licensed. Presbytery also resolved to take measures for the ordina- 
tion of E. Grand Girard, as evangelist, with a special view of 
supplying a French settlement within our bounds; whereupon, 
Psalms, 25:11, was assigned him as the subject for a sermon. In 
Presbytery at Pisgah, April 6th and 7th, 1847, Mr . Lowes had leave 
to travel out of bounds until the next meeting of Presbytery. The 
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labor in the church of Wilmington, as a stated supply. His request 
was granted. Washington had leave to employ James G. Hopkins, 
licentiate, as a stated supply for one year. Mr. Grand Girard was 
ordained as an evangelist; H. S. Fullerton preached the ordination 
sermon, and Samuel Steel gave the charge. The date of the ordina- 
tion was Thursday, April 7,1847. Messrs. Steel and Grand Girard, 
ministers, and J. M. Johnston, elder, were appointed a committee to 
organize a church in Mowrytown, if they should find it expedient. 
The church of Cynthiana had leave to apply to the church extension 
fund, for assistance in building a new church. J. M. Gillespie had 
leave to travel out of bounds until the next meeting of Presbytery. 
The following was put on record: "Presbytery would record, with 
humble submission to the wise arrangements of Heaven, in the death 
of brother John Cromwell, whom they received, at the last stated 
meeting, as a licentiate, under their care. He went the way of all the 
earth, on the fifth day of October, 1846, resting on that Savior whom 
he preached. Presbytery would hear and feel the admonition that 
we, in like manner, must soon give account of our stewardship." 

In Presbytery, at Red Oak, September 7th and 8th, 1847, the 
Rocky Spring Church presented a call for the Rev. James Dunlap, 
which, howeyer, he did not accept. Mr. Lowes had leave to travel 
out of bounds, until the next meeting. The Rev. S. J. Miller was 
received from the Presbytery, of Cincinnati. The committee 
appointed at the last meeting, to visit Mowrytown reported that 
they had organized a church there, "to be known and designated by 
the name of White Oak " "Sundry members of Mount Leigh church 
presented a request to be recognized as under the care of Chillicothe 
Presbytery, and wishing their organization completed by the elec- 
tion and ordination of eklers. (Their former elders having withdrawn, 
to unite with another denomination.) Whereupon it was resolved 
that a committee be appointed to visit them and, if expedient, to 
attend at the election and ordination of elders among them." 
J. P. Vandyke, James Dunlap and Daniel John, were appointed 
ibis committee. It was also thought to be time for another resolu- 
tion on slavery. Therefore, it was "Resolved; That the system of 
slavery, as warranted by law and sustained hy some portions of the 
church, is at variance with the Scriptures, and this Presbytery is 
still im pressed with the conviction that to make this appear, is a debt 
we owe to the purity of our religion." The following was also 
adopted: "Whereas, The Rev. Wm. Graham has published pro- 
slavery sentiments for which he had been suspended and has since 
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Resolved ; That a committee be appointed to prepare a memorial to 
the Synod of Philadelphia, to be laid before the Presbytery, at its 
present meeting." S. Crothers and H. S. Fnllerton were appointed 
that committee and reported the following- which was adopted, and 
the Stated Clerk was directed to forward it to the Synod of Phila- 
delphia: "The Presbytery of Chillicothe would ask leave to call 
your attention to the fact that the Philadelphia Presbytery has 
received, as a member in good and regular standing, Rev. Wm. 
Graham and to express our hope that you would take such measures 
as you, in your wisdom, may think proper, to correct the action of 
said Presbytery which we, for the following reasons, believe to be 
improper and irregular: First, said Rev. Wm. Graham was sus- 
pended by the Synod of Cincinnati, New School, on the charge of 
teaching great and dangerous errors, and this decision has never 
been reversed. Second, by receiving him, under these circum- 
stances, into our body, we not only treat with contempt the Synod of 
a sister church, but give our sanction to the doctrines which that 
Synod had condemned." In Presbytery, at South Salem, April 4th 
and 5th, 1848, a memorial on slavery wag forwarded to the General 
Assembly. "A request from sundry persons, in the French settle- 
ment on Bell's run, was presented to Presbytery, praying to be 
organized into a church, in case they shall find it expedient." 
Thomas Woodrow, on account of feeble health, resigned his pas- 
torate at Chillicothe and t the church was declared vacant. Dr. 
Woodrow was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1791, graduated at 
Glasgow University, and studied theology with Drs= Wardlaw and 
Ewing. He did missionary work for a time in the Orkney Islands, 
and in 1821, settled in Carlisle, England, pastor cf the Independent 
Church. He removed to America in 1835, and settled in Brockville, 
Canada, whence he came to Chillicothe, Ohio. After resigning the 
pastorate of the First church, Chillicothe, he supplied Dr Hoge's 
pulpit, Columbus, Ohio, for a time and was received into that Pres- 
bytery, April 17, 1849. He then preached at Worthington, Ohio, 
from which charge he was released April 27, 1857. He then became 
pastor at Nicholasville, Kentucky, where he remained until 1861; the 
16th of December of that year he was again received into the 
Presbytery of Columbus, and June 1st, 1863, was installed at Scioto, 
from which charge he was released May 8, 1865. He died in April 
1877, at his home near Columbus. Dr. Woodrow was a fine scholar, 
a good preacher and specially powerful in prayer, He was conserv- 
ative in his views and thoroughly Presbyterian in his belief. "His 
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the great cardinal doctrines of the Gospel, and to proclaim them in 
their simplicity and fullness." The Rev. Joseph T. Irwin was 
received from the Presbytery of Ripley, and Wm. P. Eastman from 
the Presbytery of Tuscarawas. Mr. Eastman was appointed stated 
supply at Union and Greenland. S. P. Dunham was received from 
the Presbytery of Athens and made stated supply, at Rocky Spring, 
for six months. Wm. C. Knili'en was received from the Presbytery 
of Richland, and the Red Oak church had leave granted to employ 
him as stated supply, until the next stated meeting of Presbytery. 
Mr. Grand Girard was made stated supply at Brush Creek; James 
G. Hopkins, at Washington, and S. J. Miller at Wilmington, all for 
the same time. The Mt. Leigh committee reported that they had 
completed the organization of that church. 

In Presbytery at Hillsborough, September 6th and 7th, 1848, 
the committee to visit the French settlement, reported that they had 
attended to the duty assigned them, and that they organized a 
church, to be known as the French Church; the report was accepted 
and adopted, and the name of the church put on the list of churches 
under the care of this Presbytery. Thomas- Woodrow had leave to 
travel out of bounds, and Charles Danforth was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Scioto. New School. The church at Washington had 
leave to employ J. G. Hopkins, for six months ; Chillicothe to employ 
Irwin Carson, of the Presbytery of Washington; Greenland and 
Union, W. P. Eastman; Rocky Spring, S. P. Dunham; Wilmington, 
S. J. Miller; Brush Creek and White Oak, E. Grand Girard; and New 
Market and Mount Leigh, James Dunla^, all until the next stated 
meeting. "Sundry memorials, from different churches, were pre- 
sented asking the Presbytery to utter its decided testimony, on the 
subject of slavery, " and not to neglect so good an opportunity, "the 
memorials were put into the hands of Crothers, Steel, Miller, 
and G. Hopkins to report to this Presbytery;" they reported and the 
following was adopted: "1st. That this Presbytery adhere to the 
declaration made by the General Assembly of 1818, and often 
reiterated by us, in a variety of fprms, during the last twenty years, 
viz: That the enslaving of one part of the human race, by another, is 
viewed by us, as a gross violation of the most precious and sacred 
rights of human nature; utterly inconsistent with the law of God, 
and totally irreconcilable with the spirit and principles of the Gospel. 
2nd. That, as a Presbytery, we are determined to license no one to 
preach the gospel, and to invite no one into o.ur pulpits, or into 
fellowship, as a member of Presbytery, who, according to the Word 
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the sin of oppression; or who perverts the Word of God to its 
defence. 3d. That in the exercise of discipline, the avowed slave- 
holder, for the sake of gain, ought not to be considered the only 
offender; for our Book of Discipline defines an offence to be 
'anything in the principles or practice of a church member which is 
contrary to the Word of God, or which, if not in itself sinful, may 
tempt others to sin, or mar their spiritual edification.' 4th. Resolved; 
That while we thus strenuously guard ourselves against aiding and 
abetting the sin of slavery, we cannot but disapprove the practice of 
those, who separate themselves, and exclude from fellowship, 
in the Lord's Supper, credible professors of faith in the 
Redeemer, confessedly as sound in regard to the sin in question 
as themselves, because they retain membership in a church not 
as yet purified from this sin, and who entertain different views as 
to some of the means necessary for its removal. The tendency of 
such a course is as disastrous, in its results, as it is unscriptural 
and schismatical in principle." A very mild deliverance indeed. I 
think that the Free Church movement was beginning to make 
itself felt and the Presbytery were shrinking from the result of 
their deliverances, which had taught many of the people to believe 
that the proper thing to do, was to withdraw from their connection 
with Presbytery, Synod, and General Assembly, and effect a new 
organization; at least I can account for the change in their utter- 
ances in no other way. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, April 3d and 4th, 1849, "The 
following overture, from the session of Greenfield, was presented : 
"Does membership in an Odd Fellows Society, require the cognizance 
of the church judicatories?" It was answered: "That as it respects 
the propriety of Church judicatories discountenancing the formation 
of Odd Fellows Societies, and advising their members to have no 
fellowship with them, we have no doubt, and, in case such advice 
is disregarded, it is, in the opinion of this Presbytery, the duty of 
the judicatory to proceed as directed by our Discipline.". Wash- 
ington presented a call for two-thirds of the labors of James 
G Hopkins, which call he did not accept; he was appointed to 
labor as a missionary, in the Presbytery for one month. S. J. 
Miller was continued at Wilmington; James Dunlap, at New 
Market and Mt. Leigh; and James Huston was licensed. Mr. 
Huston had been given the subject for his Latin exegesis in 
Presbytery, at Pisgah, April 6th and 7th, 1847, and at the various 
succeeding meetings had read that, and a critical exercise on 
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Greenfield, after his popular sermon on 2nd Corinthians, 5: 11, 12, he 
was licensed, Wednesday, April 4, 1849. In Presbytery at Chil- 
licothe, May 8th and 9th, 1849, the Rev. Irwin Carson was re 
ceived from the Presbytery of Washington, and accepted a call 
from the First Church of Chillicothe, and was installed Wed- 
nesday, May 9th, 1849; Wm. Dickey presided and proposed the 
constitutional questions, Wm. Burton preached, Samuel Steel gaye 
the charge to the pastor, and Wm. C. Knifnn to the people. Charles 
Danforth returned his certificate of dismission, and was granted 
leave to travel out of bounds. James G. Hopkins accepted a call 
from Washington, and 2nd Corinthians, 4:19, 20, was given him as 
text for trial sermon for ordination, and Presbytery agreed to meet 
in Washington, the first Tuesday of June. When the time had come 
and Presbytery was assembled, June 5, 1849, "a paper was pre- 
sented, signed by some members of Washington Church, purporting 
to be a remonstrance against the installation of James G. Hopkins, 
as pastor of that church, when, on the question of its reception, 
and after a free discussion the following resolution was adopted: 
Resolved; That the paper presented by the members who abstained 
from voting at the moderation of the call for J. G. Hopkins, canuot 
be entertained. 1st. Because it expressly, and by insinuation, 
prefers charges which cannot be received but in a regular way. 
2nd. We cannot encourage church members, in voluntarily absent- 
ing themselves, when calls are to be made out for pastors, by listen- 
ing to after complaints." After having made the above most 
righteous decision, Presbytery proceeded with the examination of 
Mr. Hopkins and heard his sermon and sustained his parts of trial. 
But, "in view of some supposed informalities in the call from Wash- 
ington Church, it was agreed to postpone, for the present, the con- 
sideration of ordaining and installing Brother Hopkins; and the 
Washington Church was directed to hold a congregational meeting, 
on Monday next, at ten o'clock A. M., and should the way be opeii, 
to make out a call for J. G. Hopkins as their Pastor; - at which 
meeting Wm. Dickey was appointed to preside." This meeting 
was held and the call made out, and the moderator of Presbytery, 
Win. C. Knift'en, issued a call June 21st, 1849, for a meeting of 
Presbytery at Washington, on the third of July, at 11 o'clock, "for 
the purpose of ordaining and installing James G. Hopkins." Mr. 
Hopkins was therefore ordained and installed pastor of Washington 
Church, July 3d, 1849. Samuel Crothers preached, Wm. Dickey 
presided and gave the charge to the pastor and Wm. Gage ad- 
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4th and 5th, 1849. a iiieuiorial was presented from the deacons of 
Rocky Spring Church, and Win. Gage, H. S. Fullerton, S. J. Miller 
and Win. A. Ustick were appointed a committee to report thereon, 
and presented the following, which was adopted: 44 In reply to the 
request of the memorialists, the Presbytery present the following 
statements and advice: It is no doubt proper, and required by 
Christian courtesy, that our churches be opened to any evangelical 
minister, of good standing in his own body, to preach occasionally, 
for the accommodation of any who may be members of, or favorable 
to the church with which he is connected, when he comes as a 
peaceable ambassador for Christ, to promote the cause of our 
common Lord. But should there be good reason to believe that 
the intention is to stir up contention, and produce division and form 
separate organizations, unscriptural in nature and injurious in 
operation, then and in that case, it is not only the privilege but the 
bounden duty of the church session to withhold from such the use 
of their house of worship." According to our Form of Government 
Chap, ix, Sec. 6 the session is required, "to concert the best measures 
for promoting the spiritual interests of the congregation" and, 
according to their ordination vows they are bound to study the 
peace, unity and purity of the church. (See Form of Government, 
Chap. xiii. Sec. 4, 5.) From the knowledge which Presbytery have of 
the state of things, in the Church of Rocky Spring, they do not 
hesitate to say, that in their judgment, it would be highly improper, 
for the session of said church, to grant the use of the house to any 
person who may desire it, when the presumption is that division 
and separate organization will follow. And further, in the 
Directory for worship, chap, vi, sec. 6, we are taught, "It is expe- 
dient that no person be introduced to preach, in any of the 
churches, under our care, unless by consent of the pastor, or church 
session, and further, that it is irregular, for the session of a vacant 
church, to invite a minister to supply them, statedly, without the 
consent of Presbytery." ' This was an eminently wise and proper 
decision, but they came pretty near being too late* in shutting up 
the fold to protect the Old School lambs from the Free Church 
wolves. The relation between Wm. Burton and the Piketon Church 
was dissolved and Mr. Burton's "request to be dismissed from this 
Presbytery to become united with another body" was granted and 
"the Stated Clerk was directed to furnish him the testimonials usual in 
such cases, viz: A mere certificate of standing." Wm. C. Kniffen 
was dismissed to the Presbytery of Michigan. Mr. Kniffen studied 
theology one year at Princeton, N. J., was pastor at Reading, Cfe 

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May's Lick, Ky., Orange ville, N. Y., East Nankin, Mick, Clear 
Creek, O. and Hopewell, Ky., and died 1857. He was at Princeton 
the winter of 1822-3. The church at Brush Creek obtained leave 
to apply to the Church Extension Committee for aid to build a 
house of worship. A member of the Greenfield Church appealed 
from the action of the session, in suspending him because he was 
an Odd Fellow; the session was sustained, and he gave notice of an 
appeal to Synod. The death of the Rev. Joseph Taylor Irwin was 
recorded. Mr. Irwin was born near Greenfield, Ohio, May 15, 1805. 
He went to Athens to prosecute his studies in the University of 
Ohio, in January 1825, and graduated in September 1833. He 
studied theology with Dr. Crothers, in Greenfield, in company with 
George C. Foage of Ripley, Ohio. After he ceased preaching in 
Wilmington, he accepted a call to Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio, 
where he preached from 1838 to 1843, when on account of failing 
health he was compelled to resign his charge. In August of the 
same year, being somewhat better, he began to teach, in Salem Acad- 
emy. He died May 23d, 1849. I knew Mr. Irwin well, as a boy knows 
his teacher. I began the study of Latin and read the Reader and 
Ctesar with him, when he taught in Salem Academy. He was in poor 
health, having had to quit the active duties of the ministry, on that 
account, as he soon had also, to quit teaching. He was ready in 
speech and had many of the qualities of an excellent extempore 
speaker, and I am sure, that but for his health he would have been a 
man of much more than ordinary reputation, as he was of more than 
ordinary ability, as a preacher. A fine scholar and of excellent 
literarv taste and pleasant gentlemanly manners, of kind heart, 
taking a warm interest in the boys and girls who were his pupils 
and showing it by words of cheer as well as of kindly reproof, when 
necessary, he made an impression upon me that will never pass away. 
Mr. Fullerton, we thought, and rightly, a prince of preachers, but 
when, at rare intervals, Mr. Irwin, whose manner of preaching was 
entirely different, preached, he had no cause to be ashamed of his 
sermon, nor had «fche congregation reason for regret. I remember 
well, too, the solemn hush aud stillness that came over the village of 
South Salem, the day that Mr. Irwin died. It was a day of gloom 
and darkness and real sorrow, for he was the friend of every man 
who knew him. All knew that a good man had departed, and every 
man felt that he had lost a personal friend and so without blot or 
stain, or suspicion of either, upon his character, having nad wrought 
into him, and upon him, meetness and fitness for heaven, he went to 
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prepared him for it. James Huston accepted a call from Sinking 
Spring, and Rom. 12:1, was given him as text, for his trial sermon, 
which he preached, in Presbytery, at Sinking Spring, November 1st, 
1849, and was ordained and installed pastor of that church, John P. 
Vandyke preached the ordination sermon, N. M. Urmston presided 
and Irwin Carson gave the charge. 

In 1849 the Old School Church had 1,860 ministers, 2,512 
churches; received during the year 8,976 members on confession 
of faith, and had 200,830 communicants. The New School Church 
had 1,453 ministers, 1,555 churches; received during they year 
10,190 members on confession of faith and had 139,047 commu- 
nicants. 



CHAPTER VII 

When Presbytery met. at Bloom ingburgh, April 2d and 3d, 1850, 
it had pastors Wm. Dickey, at Bloom ingburg-h; Samuel Crothers, at 
Greenfield; Samuel Steel, at Hillsborough; N. M. Urmston, at 
Bainbridge; Hugh S. Fnllerton, at South Salem; Irwin Carson, at 
Chillicothe; J. P. Vandyke, at West Union; J. G. Hopkins, at Wash- 
ington; Wm, Gage, at Concord and Pisgah; and James Huston, at 
Sinking Spring; Robert G. Wilson, D P., now an old man, was 
without charge, living with his daughter, Mrs. Irwin, at South 
Salem; E. Grand Girard was still supplying Brush Creek, White 
Oak and French Church; J. W. Eastman was without charge; 
C. Danforth had leave to travel out of bounds; W P. Eastman sup- 
plying Union; James Diinlap supplying New Market and Mount 
Leigh; Samuel J. Miiler supplying Wilmington; S. P. Dunham, 
Rocky Spring, and J. A. I. Lowes. Principal of South Salem 
Academy. " An application, on behalf of that portion of West Union 
church which usually meets at Eckmansville, for their organization 
into a separate church, was presented and read, whereupon Pres- 
bytery resolved to grant said request," and "James Huston and 
James Dunlap, ministers, and G. Hopkins and A. W. Young, elders, 
were appointed a committee to effect said organization, if expe- 
dient." It was resolved that the movement in favor of establishing 
a new Theological Seminary at Cincinnati, " is inexpedient and 
unnecessary, not called for by the present exigencies of the church." 
New Market and Mount Leigh had leave to continue James Dunlap, 
as supply, until next stated meeting. J M. Gillespie had leave 
to travel out of bounds. Robert S. Fullerton, who had been taken 
under care of Presbytery as a candidate for the ministry, in Pres- 
bytery at Red Oak, September 7th and 8th. 1847. and who had 
read his Latin exegesis, and critical exercise on 1st Peter, 2:6, and 
attended Theological Seminary at Alleghany, delivered his popular 
lecture on Phil. 3: 8-11, popular sermon on 2nd Cor. 5: 17, and was 
licensed Wednesday, April 3, 1850, with a view to his ordination as 
an evangelist, which ordination took place at South Salem, April 23, 
1850. Wm. Dickey preached the sermon, Wm. Gage proposed the 
constitutional questions and offered the consecrating prayer. Mr. 
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He was educated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, studied divinity 
at the Western Theological Seminary, Alleghany, Pennsylvania. He 
entered upon the service of his Master as a foreign missionary, 
under the care of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. 
He was stationed at Minpoorhee, Agra, Futtehgurgh, Dehra, &c, 
in Northern India. He was a most devoted missionary, and his 
brethren held him in high esteem. He died October 4, 1865, of 
cancer, at Landour, on the Himalaya Mountains. He was buried 
in the Mission Cemetery, at Dehra, the station to which he belonged. 
But a few weeks before his death, and when the fatal nature of his 
disease was ascertained, he wrote in a letter: "All I have to do is to 
wait till my Heavenlv Father calls me home. The thought of dying 
in India does not trouble me. For the past fifteen years I have gone 
forth bearing precious seed, which I have sown broadcast among this 
people, and in the great harvest I should like to awake among my 
sheaves. But it matters not where I end my days. I have had many 
sleepless nights and' suffered a great deal of pain during the last 
month, but my mind has enjoyed perfect peace. I know whom I 
have believed. I have no fear of death. I cannot tell you how 
grateful I am for this evidence that the religion which I have 
preached to others is founded on a rock, the Bock of Ages," He 
was of a cheerful, happy disposition, and in the Sepoy rebellion 
also showed himself to be most manly and courageous. 

Henry W. Taylor, a licentiate of the Presbytery of New Bruns- 
wick, was received to the care of Presbytery at the Bloomingburgh 
meeting, accepted a call from Piketon, and was assigned John 4: 14, 
for his trial sermon for ordination. He was ordained and installed 
pastor at Piketon, June 4th, 1850; Wm. P. Eastman preached, Irwin 
Carson proposed the constitutional questions and gave the charge to 
the pastor; H. S. Fullerton gave the charge to the people and 
Wm. Gage offered the ordaining prayer. 

In Presbytery at Cynthiana, September 3d and 4th, 1850, a 
petition for the organization of a church in Brush Creek township. 
Scioto county, was presented, and John P. Vandyke and James 
Huston, ministers, and S. Williams, elder, were appointed a com- 
mittee "to visit the neighborhood, inquire into its locality and the 
expediency of organizing a church there." The committee before 
appointed to visit Eokmansville, reported that they had organized a 
church there, to be called Eckmansville. This new church presented 
a call for one-half of the time of J. P. Vandyke. It was. however, 
determined to retain this call until West Union should have regular 
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sary for regmar action in its disposition. The pastoral relation 
between the Rev. N. M. Urmston and Bainbridge was dissolved, 
also tnat between J. G. Hopkins and Washington. The time was 
changed for nominating commissioners to the General Assembly, 
from the fall to the spring meeting. John McLean, who had been a 
student at Salem Academy, preached his popular sermon, and was 
licensed, Wednesday, September 4th, 1850. Mr. McLean, in Presby- 
tery at Red Oak, September 6th and 7th, 1847, had been examined 
and taken under care of Presbytery as a candidate, and had, at the 
different meetings, passed his parts of trial, having had assigned him 
Heb. 4: 3, for critical exercise, Eph. 2: 4-7, for popular lecture, and 
John, 1: 29, for popular sermon. He had, also, for a time, attended 
Seminary at Alleghany and studied theology with Dr. Crothers and 
H. S. Fullerton. He made a popular and useful minister. The Rev. 
H. S. Fullerton was elected Moderator of Synod in the fall of 1850. 

In Presbytery at Manchester, April 1st and 2d, 1851, thirty- 
four members of Hillsborough church requested to be organized into 
a separate church. This request was granted, and Samuel Steel, 
E. Grand Girard and elder N. Murphy were appointed a committee 
to organize them. The committee on the church in Brush Creek 
township, Scioto county, reported that they had organized a church 
there called Palace Hill. It was resolved that this Presbytery 
endeavor to support the Rev. Robert S. Fullerton, missionary to 
India. H. W. Taylor, on account of continued ill health, resigned 
his charge at Piketon. James Huston resigned at Sinking Spring 
and accepted a call to Piketon, and the first Tuesday of June 
was appointed for his installation; Irwin Carson to preach and 
W 7 . P. Eastman to give the charge. The Saturday before the third 
Sabbath of April was appointed for the installation of J. P. Vandyke, 
at Eckmansville, and James Dunlap was apppointed to conduct all 
the services. 

At the next meeting, at Union, September 2d and 3d, John 
Russel Ringery was licensed. Mr. Kingery had been taken under 
care of Presbytery as a candidate, in Presbytery at Eckmansville, 
September 4th and 5th, 1849, and at the different meetings had gone 
through with his parts of trial — a Latin exegesis, a critical exercise 
on First Thes. 5: 7, popular lecture on Psalms, 125— and now was 
licensed, at Union, Wednesday, September 3, 1851. He had been a 
student at Salem Academy. The Rev. Robert W. Wilson, of the 
Presbytery of Oxford, was received into this Presbytery. Mr. Wilson 
came to be a teacher in Salem Academy. Charles Danforth had 
leave to travel out of bounds, until the next stated meeting. Trav- 



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eling out of bounds seems to have become a regular business with 
him. H. W. Taylor was dismissed to the Presbytery of Miami. 
Mr. Taylor was born at Athens, Ohio, December 21, 1822. He united 
with the church at Athens when fourteen years old. He graduated 
at the University of Ohio, in the same place, in August, 1842, and 
at Princeton Theological Seminary, in 1849, was licensed by the 
Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 26th, 1848. After his gradua- 
tion at Princeton he supplied the Presbyterian church at Lancaster, 
Ohio, for six months, during the illness of the pastor, the Rev. 
Mr. Cox. In October, 1849, he took charge of the churches of 
Piketon and Waverly. Upon leaving our Presbytery he went to 
Xenia, Ohio, where he was pastor from May, 1851, to May, 1855. He 
then was stated supply of the churches of Eaton and Camden, in the 
Presbytery of Oxford, from July, 1855, to July, 1860. He became 
pastor of the church of Franklin, in the Presbytery of Miami, in 
July, 1860, and remained in that relation until J uly, 1870. In that 
year he .received a call to the Columbia street church, in Newport, 
Kentucky, where he was pastor from September, 1870, to September, 
1876. He then was stated supply to the church in Falmouth, Ken- 
tucky, in the Presbytery of Ebenezer, until September, 1882, since 
which time he has resided in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, and is a 
member of the Presbytery of Cincinnati, and has been engaged in 
supplying vacant churches and doing missionary work among the 
weak churches. 

J. M. Gillespie returned his license and ceased from the work 
of the ministry, on account of his continued ill health. He after- 
wards studied medicine and is now a practicing physician in 
the village of Bloomingburgh and an elder in the church there. 
S. J. Miller accepted a call from Washington, and the Friday before 
the last Sabbath of October was appointed as the time of his installa- 
tion, Samuel Steel to preach, Wm. Dickey to give the charge, and 
Irwin Carson the alternate of either. The committee to organize a 
church at Marshall reported that they had done so. and the Marshall 
church presented a call for the Rev. E. Grand Girard, which was put 
into his hands and accepted, when the Saturday before the first 
Sabbath in November was fixed as the time for his installation, 
Samuel Steel to preach and Samuel Crothers to preside and give the 
charge. James Dunlap was made stated supply at Mount Leigh; 
John McLean at New Market; W. P. Eastman at Union, and 
N. M. Urmston at Sinking Spring. It would appear that Mr. 
Dunham had been supplying at Red Oak, for it was asked that he 
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not willing to remain, the request was withdrawn. A paper referring 
to the Fugitive Slave Law was adopted and " is as follows, viz. : Inas- 
much as the Word of God, and the constitution of the Presbyterian 
church, make it the duty of Presbyteries to resolve questions of 
doctrine and discipline, seriously and reasonably propounded, and 
to condemn erroneous opinions, which injure the peace or purity 
of the church, and inasmuch as the minds of some serious persons 
are known to be embarrassed in reference to the law usually styled 
fc The Fugitive Slave Law,' the Presbytery of Chillicothe considered 
it their duty to publish the following declaration: 1st. Resolved; 
That tbe authority and law of the Most High God are paramount, 
and therefore when the laws of man's making contravene His 
authority and laws, by making it a penal offense to discharge any 
of the duties we owe to God or our fellow-men, such as feeding the 
hungry, clothing the naked, or receiving and entertaining the 
stranger, knowing him to be claimed by a fellow-mortal, or by 
requiring us to assist the oppressor in catching human beings who 
are escaping from a land where they are held as chattels personal, 
deprived of their inalienable rights and the means of salvation, we 
should obey God rather than man. 2nd. Resolved; That no intelli- 
gent and conscientious man ought to feel himself bound to regard 
the requirements of the Fugitive Slave Law. It is written in God's 
book, to be read of all nations, in every age of the world, i Woe unto 
nim that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers 
by wrong.' 'That useth his neighbor's service without wages and 
giveth him not for his work.' The slaveholders of the South hold 
their slaves by the same tenure by which Pharoah held his, viz.: 
they are the children of slave mothers. For that sin God rained 
down judgments, even hailstones and coals of fire on the land of 
Egypt. The righteous Judge of all the earth doomed the whole 
nation of Amalekites to extermination for the sin of vexing and 
hindering the slaves when they were escaping from their masters. 
The God of Israel made it a standing ordinance in His church, that 
no Ammonite or Moabite, even to the tenth generation, should enter 
into the congregation, because they did not meet the slaves with 
oread and water, and assist them in escaping from a land of slavery. 
It was also a law of perpetual obligation that no man should deliver 
to his master a slave escaping from his master. The standing 
injunction of an inspired apostle to all Christian seryants deprived 
of their freedom is, ' Art thou called, being a servant, care not for it, 
but if thou mayest be free, use it rather.' 3d. Resolved; That if it 
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the laws of man's making require it, the prophets and apostles and 
all martyrs who parted with their lives rather than sin against God, 
1 diel as the fool dieth.' 4th. Resolved ; That to assist slave- 
hunters to catch men, women or little children, who are escaping 
from slavery, or in any way to assist in carrying out a law so 
liagrantly iniquitous as the Fugitive slave Law, is a sin requiring the 
cognizance of the judicatories of the church, and the church sessions 
under the supervision of this Presbytery are enjoined, in cases of 
conviction by due process, to exclude the impenitent from the 
communion of the ehnrch. until they give satisfactory evidence 
of repentance. 5th. Resolved; That Presbytery would not be 
understood as advising active resistance to any of the laws of the 
.and, but enjoin upon all under our authority, to submit quietly 
to the penalty of the law, when they cannot with good conscience 
obey its precepts." It was, also, at this meeting, "resolved, that 
Presbytery cannot but regard those churches that continue brethren 
with them, as stated supplies, without the sanction of Presbytery, as 
acting disorderly; and they would hereby remind the vacant churches 
that the relation of stated supply can be constituted only through the 
Presbytery, and .that those churches that wish to continue the 
relation must apply to Presbytery at each stated meeting." Since 
the last stated meeting, two members cf the Presbytery had died; 
Robert G. Wilson D. 1). April 17 and James G. Hopkins June 29. 

Dr. Wilson who was first received into the Presbytery in 1805, 
was a man of mark and ability and would have been recognized as 
such, anywhere. Wishing to get something concerning him from some 
one else, I wrote to my college classmate and life long friend, his 
grandson, the Hon. J. W. McDill, of Iowa; a man also of power and 
influence, and who, as he grows older, grows more and more like my 
recollection of Dr. Wilson, and received an answer which 1 will 
transcribe, premising that I asked him for the anecdote of Calhoun 
which I remember we laughed at, when we were boys. "My recol- 
lections of my grandfather all refer to the time when he was an eld 
man, having retired frcm all active Work With reference to that 
period I have many and most pleasant recollections. It was my 
duty to read the newspapers to him each morning. He maintained 
an active interest in political affairs, to the last, and as I read the 
Congressional debates to him, he would explain the differing views 
of the political paities to me. Although a mere lad, he made such 
matters very plain to me, and such was Lis accuracy cf distinction, 
that I have never yet found that he erred in his explanations, or 
illustrations. It seems to me now, as I recall those conversations 

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that he must have been a close student of public affairs, and had a 
very intelligent view of the merits of the different questions dis- 
cussed by public men. He passed away when I was still a boy. I 
have seen and known intimately a great many prominent men since 
then. X must be partial tc him, at least I know I loved him, but he 
seems yet to me to have been one of the greatest, grandest men I 
ever knew. There was a personal dignity about him that absolutely 
commanded respect, and yet he was a man of the simplest habits and 
manners. He was a true republican, and knew men and women 
simply as men and women. Often, as the reading was ended, his 
mind went back to his earlier days, and many an incident of his early 
life was brought forth. In his boyhood, in South Carolina, he 
attended an Academy with Andrew Jackson as member of the 
school. He recollected that the incipient hero of New Orleans was 
the worst boy in the school. Grandfather was a graduate of Dick- 
inson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He told me James Buch- 
anan was a classmate, but 1 do not remember that he had any very 
vivid recollections of Mr. Buchanan. In South Carolina he lived 
neighbor to Patrick Calhoun, father of the celebrated John C. 
Calhoun; in fact Patrick Calhoun was an elder of his church. Of 
the great statesman he remembered having spent an evening with 
him on his return from College. He impressed grandfather as a 
young man having a very comfortable estimation of his own ability. 
Patrick Calhoun was an able man, a prominent citizen and of un- 
bounded conceit. At one time he was appointed by the governor of 
South Carolina, an Associate Justice of the Abbeville district Court of 
Assizes. The appointment tilled him with pride. A little time after 
grandfather was appointed, by his Presbytery to do some mission 
work in North Carolina; mounting his horse one day he started for 
North Carolina. As he passed Patrick Calhoun's house the old 
gentleman hailed him and learning that he was going to North Caro- 
lina, he asked if he had any credentials. Grandfather replied he 
had proofs of his mission from the Stated Clerk. 'That may do 
for the Kirk,' said Calhoun, 'but I'll give you credentials that will 
go with men of the world ;' whereupon he wrote out and handed to 
him the following paper: 'Know all men, by these presents, that 
the Rev. R. G. Wilson is a duly ordained minister of the gospel 
in good standing, in the Presbyterian church, and is duly commis- 
sioned, by his Presbytery, to do mission work in North Carolina. 
Witness my hand, 

(Signed.) Pateick Calhoun, A. J. A. C. Ass. 

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was convulsed with laughter on seeing that the mystic letters which 
stood as abbreviations for Associate Justice, Abbeville Court of 
Assizes, read so as to give the justice the name of that much ma- 
ligned, stupid and noisy beast of burden, the Jackass. Telling over 
the incident to me, more than fifty years afterward, the good old 
man would still be convulsed with laughter at the ludicrous conjunc- 
tion of the abbreviating letters. I feel that I have written too much 
already, and yet to me it is an entrancing subject. I have often 
wondered how grandfather, an old man, could be so pleasant a com- 
panion to me, a mere boy, and, in thinking it over, I am reminded 
of what Cicero said, 'As I approve of a youth that has something of 
the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has 
something of the youth.' I think he kept to the last his zest for life, 
something of his youth. I was at his deathbed. He died, as he 
lived, a Christian, and no writing has ever been stronger proof to me 
of the genuineness of Christianity than my recollection of the good 
man's death. I think he saw through the gates of pearl just as his 
soul plumed its wings for flight from earth." 

Dr. Wilson was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina. Decem- 
ber 30fch, 1768. He graduated at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, 
in 1790 and studied theology under the direction partly of his pastor, 
the Eev. Mr. Cummins and partly of the Rev. Wm. C. Davis. He 
was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of South Carolina, April 
16, 1793, and on May 23d, 1794, was ordained and installed pastor of 
Upper Long Cane Church, in Abbeville district. He at the same 
time preached to the church at Greenville. He was offered a pro- 
fessorship in South Carolina College, and was also invited to become 
Principal of an Academy in Augusta, Georgia, but declined these 
offers to become pastor of the church in Chillicothe, Ohio. He 
received the degree of Doctor of Divinity, from the college of New 
Jersey, (Princeton,) in 1818. After resigning the Presidency of the 
Ohio University at Athens, on account of the increasing infirmities of 
age, and returning to Chillicothe to live, not content to remain in- 
active, he labored, as stated supply, in Union Church for seven years. 

In Presbytery at Marshall, April 6th and 7th, 1852, S. P. Dun- 
ham was made stated supply, at Wilmington; James Dunlap, at 
Mount Leigh; E. Grand Girard, at Rocky Spring; John McLean, at 
New Market and W. P. Eastman, at Union; all until the next stated 
meeting. Sylvanus Jewett, a licentiate, was received, from the 
Presbytery of Columbus, and accepted a call from the church of 
Bainbridge; Eph. 2:8, wad given him for text, for trial ser- 
mon, and the first Tuesday of June, at one o'clock, was ap- 



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pointed for his ordination and installation. S. Crothers to preach, 
R. W. Wilson to give the charge to the pastor and H. S. Fullerton 
to the people. J. R. Kingery had leave to travel out of bounds. 
Presbytery also adopted the following: ''Resolved; That this Presby- 
tery deem it highly inexpedient for young men, who have the 
ministry in view, to enter into the marriage relation, before receiving 
license to preach the gospel." In Presbytery at Red Oak, May 4th 
and 5th, 1852, John McLean was made stated supply at White Oak, 
until the next stated meeting, and Jacob W. Eastman was dismissed 
to the Presbytery of Madison. 

The Rev. Jacob Weed Eastman was born at Sandwich, New 
Hampshire, in 1790. He was a descendant of Roger Eastman, a 
puritan of the pilgrim days, who came to Massachusetts from Eng- 
land, in 1638. He attended college at Dartmouth, entering about 
1809. For some years he conducted a classical school, preparing 
students for college, and was licensed to preach by a Congregational 
Association in 1815, and December 13, 1815, was ordained and 
installed at Methuen, Massachusetts, and continued there until 1828. 
He then supplied a church at North Reading, Massachusetts, for 
two or three years, and then came to our Presbytery. He moved 
to Hanover, Indiana, in 1851, and died of cholera there, July 2nd, 
1852, He was quite feeble during the last few years of his life 
The Rev. Wilson C. Holly day writes concerning him : "He came to 
Rocky Spring, if I remember correctly, at the close of one of those 
interesting occasions, in the church, by which it had been blessed at 
different periods. He was I think full six feet high, full and 
large around the chest, fair complexion, not very dark hair and was a 
fine looking man. He was a good and very earnest preacher, spoke 
fluently, and direct to his hearers, without manuscript; he was very 
much blessed in his labors and loved by his people, but after a num- 
ber of years of earnest work his health failed and he was unable to 
preach and labor as he had done; he was troubled with disease of 
the heart. As a preacher he impressed his hearers with the feeling 
that he very much desired their souls' salvation; he was sometimes 
called a revival preacher, owing no doubt, to his very urgent way in 
urging sinners to come to Christ." 

At Bainbridge, J une 1st, 1852, when Presbytery met specially 
to ordain and install Mr. Jewetr, Cynthiana obtained leave to 
employ the Rev. N. M. Urmston until the next spring meeting. A 
request was presented from members of Piketon Church, and some 
ouhars living in Waverly and vicinity, that a church might be 
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ruling elder, D„ B. Witherow were appointed a committee to look 
after this, and at the next meeting reported that it was inexpedient. 

At Bloomingbargh, September 7th and 8th, 1852, John McLean, 
licentiate, was dismissed to the Presbytery of Miami. The pastoral 
relation existing between James Huston and Piketoh was dissolved, 
and Mr. Huston was given leave to travel out of bounds. The 
relation between the Rev. John P. Vandyke and "West Union and 
E3kmansville was also dissolved, and Mr. Vandyke made stated 
supply at Red Oak, until the next stated meeting. E. Grand 
Girard was continued as stated supply at Rocky Spring, James 
Dunlap at Mount Leigh, and J. R. Kingery was appointed stated 
supply at West Union and Eckmansville. W. P. Eastman ac- 
cepted a call from Union, and the Saturday before the first Sab- 
bath of November was appointed for his installation, S. Jewett to 
preach, H. S. Fullerton'to preside and Irwin Oarson to be alternate 
to either. The Rev. R. W. Wilson accepted a call from Blooming- 
burgh, and H. S. Fullerton was appointed to preach, and Wm. 
Gage to preside and give the charge to pastor and people, at his 
installation, the time for which, however, is not recorded. Mr. 
Wilson was installed as co-pastor with the Rev. Wm. Dickey. 
Nathaniel Williams who had been taken under care of Presbytery 
at the meeting in Pisgah, April 5th and 6th, 1842, and of whom 
nothing is said for some years, in Presbytery at Manchester, 
April 1851, had 1st. Cor. 6:20, assigned him for a critical exer- 
cise, and afterward read that, and delivered a popular lecture 
from Mat. 5:1-6, and at this Presbytery preached a popular sermon 
from John 3:16, was examined and licensed, Wednesday, September 
8, 1852. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, April 5th and 6th, 1853, John P. 
Vandyke accepted a call from Red Oak, and the Saturday before 
the third Sabbath of May was appointed for his installation, S. 
Jewett to preach, James Dunlap to preside and give the charge, 
and Wm. P. Eastman alternate of either. E, Grand Girard ac- 
cepted a call for five-eighths of his time, from Rocky Spring, but the 
committee to install him are not named in the records, nor the 
time appointed; at the next meeting, however, the committee re- 
ported that they had attended to the installation. James Huston 
wa? left at discretion, as to supplying Piketon, Nathaniel Williams 
was made stated supply at New Market, James Dunlap at Mount 
Leigh and Eckmansville, S. P. Dunham at WilmiDgton. The 
church of Greenland was granted leave to employ, until the next 
stated meeting, the Rev. Job Broughton a member of the "Indepen- 



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dent Congregational Association of the Western Reserve" who was 
present, at this meeting, and sat as a corresponding member. The 
committee on the records of Bloomingburgh church, "Report that 
they find on the records, the case of a member suspended, from the 
communion of the church, because of adherence to the Masonic Fra- 
ternity, on which they think it proper, for the sake of uniformity of 
procedure on the subject, that the Presbytery express their opinion." 
The report was accepted and the roll called for the members to 
express their opinion in this matter, after which; "The following 
resolutions were unanimously adopted, viz: 1st. Resolved; That 
Presbytery approves the action of the church of Bloomingburgh, in 
suspending from the communion of the church, a member foi being 
an adhering member of the Masonic Fraternity. 2nd. Resolved; 
That this Presbytery would again declare its opinion that Masonry 
and Odd Fellowship are anti-christian and sinful in principle 
and practice." The Stated Clerk was directed to send these resolu- 
tions, for publication, to "The Presbyterian of the West." They 
adopted, also, the following, on another subject: 1st. Resolved; 
That the practice of spirit rapping, (so called,) as it prevails, in 
many parts, is, in view of this Presbytery, a revival of the old abomi- 
nation of necromancy, so decidedly condemned in the Word of God. 
2nd. Resolved That the Scriptures give all needed information 
respecting the occurrences of the invisible world, and that any 
attempt to obtain additional information, on these subjects from the 
spirits of deceased persons, gives evidence of an unbelieving, rebel- 
lious spirit, and lays a just foundation for the discipline of the 
church. 3d. Resolved; That Presbytery highly approve the action 
of the session of Piketon church, in suspending, from the commu- 
nion, those members who practiced this delusion. 

In Presbytery at New Market, September 6th and 7>h, 1853, the 
Rev. Job Broughton was received into Presbytery, on certificate, and 
made stated supply, at Greenland. J. R. Kingery was 1 dismissed to 
the care of the Presbytery of Ripley. John Russell Kingery was 
born in Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, June 30, 1822, and 
joined the church at South Salem, at an early age. He went into the 
Free church, as this Ripley Presbytery was connected with that 
body, but where he preached I have not been able to discover: I 
think he was never settled as a pastor, but after a time turned 
his attention to teaching, for the most £ark. He taught for a time 
in Bainbridge and afterward in Frankfort, a year or more I think in 
each place, and wherever he was, showed himself an honest mao, 
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Academy, and also taught there as an assistant; when the war 
broke out he enlisted in the 89th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer, 
Infantry, and died in the service, June 15, 1864. The pastoral rela- 
tion between the Rev. S. Jewett and the church of Bainbridge was 
dissolved, and Mr. Jewett was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Mississippi. N. M. Urmston had leave to travel out of bounds, 
James Huston was made stated supply at West Union and Nat. 
Williams at White Oak, for a portion of his time. Charles Danforth, 
who had written a letter to Presbytery, when it met in Marshall, in 
April, 1852, declining the jurisdiction of the Presbyterian church, 
and declaring his withdrawal from the Presbytery of Chillicothe, 
and to whom the Stated Clerk had written, that the Presbytery 
could not accept his declinature, until informed of his intention 
to unite with some evangelical church, and to whom he had written 
again and again, by order of Presbytery, was at length, at this meet- 
ing, dismissed to the "Congregational Association of Medina 
county." Nat. W T illiams accepted a call from New Market, and Phil. 
2: 12, 13, was given him as a text for trial sermon, for ordination. 
H. S. Fullerton was appointed to preach, James Dunlap to preside 
and give the charge to the people, and J. P. Vandyke to the pastor, 
at Mr. Williams' ordination and installation. The church of Eck- 
mansville presented a call for James Dunlap, for one-half of his 
time, which was put into his hands for consideration, and he was 
appointed stated supply at Eckmansville and Mount Leigh. 

"Presbytery deeming an expression of opinion, on the subject of 
Theological education in the West, not improper in the present pos- 
ture of affairs, Therefore, Resolved; 1st. That we regard the late 
action of the General Assembly, as leaving the New Albany Theo- 
logical Seminary in the hands of the Synods hitherto united in 
its control, and as devolving upon them the responsibility of sustain- 
ing or dissolving it. Resolved; 2nd. That we regard the new 
Seminary, projected by the Assembly, as unsuitable for meeting 
the wants of the Presbyterian church, in the great North West. 
Resolved; 3d. That we are favorable to continuing the support of 
New Albany Theological Seminary." "The following resolution on 
Temperance was adopted, viz: Resolved; That we will use our 
earnest and unwearied efforts to secure a law, in this State, similar 
to the Maine Liquor Law, and that we advise our church members 
to do the same." In Presbytery at Hillsborough, April 4-5, 1854, a 
call from Mount Leigh was put into the hands of James Dunlap, 
which he held for consideration. The relation between the Rev. 
Irwin Carson and the First Church of Chillicothe was dissolved 



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Nathaniel Williams preached his trial sermon, was examined and or- 
dained, and the first Sabbath of June was appointed for his installa- 
tion, and S. Steel and E. Grand Girard were added to the commit- 
tee before appointed for his installation, but as the committee was 
so large, I suppose that each of them, with the exception of Dr. 
Steel, concluded that he would not be missed, and so when the 
time came, Dr. Steel was alone, and himself attended to all the 
duties of the installation. The relation between the Rev. J. P. 
Vandyke and Red Oak was dissolved. Mr. Dunham was continued 
as stated supply, at Wilmington. James Jolly Wilson was licensed, 
At Union, September 2d and 3d, 1851, he had been assigned subject 
for a Latin exegesis, and afterwards, at the different meetings, had 
read that, and a critical exercise on 1st Pet. 5:13, and delivered a 
popular lecture on Phil. 3: 12-16, and a popular sermon on Heb. 
2:10, and was licensed Thursday, April 6, 1854. At this meeting 
also, "The following action was taken in relation to the Nebraska 
Bill, viz: whereas a vigorous effort is now makiDg, in Congress, to 
repeal the Missouri Compromise and thus throw open the Nebraska 
Territory to the ingress of slavery; Therefore, Resolved; That Pres- 
bytery has observed, with the most painful solicitude, the passage of 
this measure in the Senate, and the too great favor which it meets in 
the Lower House. Resolved; That this measure is not one of mere 
politics, but is vitally connected with the existence cf cur civil and 
religious liberty, with the advancement of Christ's Kingdom, and 
with the highest welfare of man. Resolved; That Presbytery do 
earnestly deprecate the success of this measure; 1st. As friends 
of freedom, because, while ostensibly based upon the principle of 
self government, it is really sanctioning and promoting a most 
odious system of despotism which tramples in the dust, the dearest 
rights of man. 2d. As patriots, because slavery is in conflict 
with our republican institutions, diminishes prosperity, tarnishes 
our national character, hinders our heaven appointed mission, in 
behalf of oppressed earth; and the extension of this evil will endan. 
ger the continuance of our government. 3d. As Christians, because 
this measure permits the extension under the protection of our gov- 
ernment, cf a system which is at war with the principles of our holy 
religion, which tends to ruin the souls both of masters and slaves, 
and to hinder the progress of Christ's Kingdom in the world. 
Resolved; That as American citizers we do most respectfully, but 
earnestly petition Congress not to pass the Nebraska and Kansas 
Bill so long as it contains these objectionable provisions; and should 
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President not to give it his signature. Besolved ; That the Stated 
Clerk be directed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mr. 
Taylor, representative from this District, and to the President of the 
United States, also to the editor of 'The Presbyterian of the West' 
for publication." 

In Presbytery, at South Salem, September 5th and 6th, 1854, 
West Union and Manchester had leave to employ Mr. Urinston, until 
the next stated meeting. James J. Wilson, licentiate, was dismissed 
to the Presbytery of Logansport. James Jolly Wilson "was bora 
near Hillsborough, Ohio, March 22, 1829, united with the church of 
Cynthiana, Pike county, in 1846. He took his literary course at 
Salem Academy, and Hanover college, studied theolgy with the Rev. 
N. M. Uimston and Samuel Steel, D. D., was ordained by the 
Presbyter? of Logansport, in November, 1854. In October, 1857, he 
united with the New School Church, haviDg removed to Bethel, 
Shelby county, Missouri, where he was stated supply and pastor of 
the Pleasant Prairie Church, for twenty-three years. In 1883, he 
was released from the pastoral care of the church, but writes, "yet, in 
mercy, God spares me and permits me to preach about half the time 
to this dear church." In the minutes he is marked H. R., Bethel, 
Missouri. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Steel was appointed Stated Clerk in 
the place of the Rev. John P. Vandyke, who resigned the office, and 
also requested and obtained a dismission to the Presbytery of Craw- 
fordsville. Mr. Vandyke had been a member of Presbytery for 
twenty- five years. He was an active and useful minister, distin- 
guished for preaching doctrinal sermons, and specially for present- 
ing the doctrine of election frequently in his sermons, and dwelling 
much on the decrees of God. I remember his personal appearance, 
tall and slender, and intellectual looking, but was not sufficiently ac- 
quainted with him to be able to describe his characteristics. I do 
not think that I ever heard him preach. He was born in Adams 
County, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1803, graduated at Miami Uni- 
versity, in 1826, being a member of the first graduating class. He 
was also, for a time, Master of the Grammar School in that Univer- 
sity. After leaving our Presbytery he labored in the Frankfort 
Church, 'Indiana, as stated supp.'y, not accepting their call on 
account of illness of himself and family. In 1856, he accepted a 
call to Pleasant Ridge church in Ihe Pr 3sbytery of Cincinnati, and 
there preached, with occasional intermissions, on ticcount of his 
health, (he had for some time been suffering with pulmonary con- 
sumption,) until in the summer cf 1862, he removed to Reading, 
Ohio, where he died, August 33, 1862. In Wilson's Almanac for 



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1863, it is said, u He labored faithfully, and with but little interrup- 
tion, during the whole of his life, until his last sickness. He 
preached in all three thousand eight hundred and ninty three ser- 
mons, which amounts to not much less than three sermons a week. 
Of these, two thousand nine hundred and ninety were preached 
while at West Union; two hundred and forty while at Red Oak; one 
hundred and sixty while at Frankfort; and three hundred and 
thirty eight, while at Pleasant Ridge." 'Tn his last illness he was 
sustained by divine grace. He enjoyed in a high degree the hopes 
and consolations of the gospel which he had so long preached to 
others. He bore his sufferings patiently, and often spoke of his 
future prospects with unwavering confidence." 

At Chiilicothe, April 17th and 18th, 1855, Win. O.Anderson, 
D. D., was received from the Presbytery of Oxford, and a call 
from the First Church. Chiilicothe, was put in his hands which he 
was permitted to hold, for consideration, ut til the next stated meet- 
ing. The Rev. Edmund McKinney was received from the Presby- 
tery of Cincinnati. The Rev. Irwin Carson was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Des Moines. James Dunlap declined the calls that he 
had been holding from Eckinansviiie and Mount Leigh, and was 
continued as stated supply, to these churches for six months. The 
Rev. Wm. Gage asked for and had granted a dissolution of the 
pastoral relation between himself and Pisgah, but agreed to supply 
them, for one-third of the time, as he had been doing, until the next 
stated meeting. Mr. Henry F. May complained against the action of 
Eckinansviiie church session, of which action the following is the 
substance: '"Henry F. May for himself and wife, presented a certifi- 
cate of their membership, in the Presbyterian church in Monticello, 
• and desired membership in this church, but he stated to the session, 
that he is a member of the Odd Fellows' Society, and was such at 
the time he received his certificate. Session considered the matter, 
and conversed with Mr. May, as to the impropriety of his holding 
such connection. It was proposed to receive him on condition he 
would promise to decline his connection with said society for the 
future. This he refused to do. Whereupon session unanimously 
declined receiving him into membership". Mr. May gave- notice that 
he would complain to Presbytery of this action of the session," and' 
so this case came up and the session was sustained by a vote of live 
to twenty-two. Notice was given of an appeal to Synod. The com- 
mittee to examine the records of Presbytery at Synod, took exception 
to the action which is recorded in the minutes of Presbytery as 
follows: "The committee are of opinion that the Presbytery erred in 



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not sustaining the said complaint, inasmuch as the action of the Eck- 
mansville session did virtually establish a new term of communion 
which they had no right to do." Synod also sent an order to receive 
Mr. May, and in Presbytery at Bainbridge, April 21, 22, 1857, "The 
Session of Eckmansville were directed to comply with Synod's order, 
and receive Mr. Henry F. Maj^ into the church, notwithstanding his 
connection with the Society of Odd Fellows." ''The following paper 
was presented to Presbytery and after consideration was unani- 
mously adopted: whereas, the Synod of Cincinnati, at its last meet- 
ing in Oxford, appointed a committee to take into consideration the 
expediency of establishing a college within the bounds of said Synod, 
and make report at the next meeting; and, whereas the late Benja- 
min H. Johnson, sen. in his last will and testament, appropriated 
ten thousand dollars, to be paid to the Trustees of any College for 
young men. which might be established, in Hillsborough, and in 
successful operation after the lapse of six years from the time of his 
decease; and whereas the citizens of Hillsborough, desiring the estab- 
lishment of such an institution of learning, and deeming the loca- 
tion to be one eminently adapted, in many respects, for such pur- 
pose, would be willing to contribute liberally to aid the enterprise; 
Therefore, Resolved; That this Presbytery do hereby recommend the 
town of Hillsborough, Ohio, to the consideration of Synod, for said 
College." 

In Presbytery, at Bloomingburgh June 5th and 6th, 1855, John 
M. McElroy, of Greenfield church, Thomas M, Hopkins of Red Oak, 
and Hugh S. Ustick of Bloomingburgh were licensed. These had all 
prepared for College, at Salem Academy, and graduated; McElroy 
at Jefferson, Pennsylvania; Hopkins at Hanover, Indiana; and 
Ustick at Miami University, Ohio. Mr. McElroy was taken under 
the care of Presbytery by dismission from the Presbytery of Blairs- 
ville, at South Salem, September 5th and 6th, 1854 and at that meet- 
ing read a critical exercise on John 14: 8-9, and also delivered a pop- 
ular lecture on Heb. 12:18-24, and was assigned Romans 5:11, for 
popular sermon, which he delivered at this Bloomingburgh meeting. 
He had attended Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey, as also did Mr. 
Hopkins who was taken under care of Presbytery at Blooming- 
burgh, September 7th and 8th, 1852, and given subject for Latin 
exegesis, "An mors Christi vicar ius sit f which he read, as also a 
critical exercise on 2nd Cor. 5:21, and delivered a popular lecture on 
the 1st Psalm, and a popular sermon on Gal. 3:1, these last two at 
the meeting when he was licensed. Mr. Ustick, who attended Semi- 
nary at New Albany, Indiana, was taken under care of Presbytery 



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at New Market. September 6th and 7th, 1853, and given "Omnis 
Scriptura divinitus inspirata," for Latin exegesis, which when he 
read it was sustained as part of trial, as were also the other parts, 
Isaiah chap. 55, as popular lecture, and John 1:12, popular sermon. 
The above then, were licensed, at Bloom 'ngburgh, Wednesday, 
Juue 6, 1855. Joha McConnell McElroy D. D., was born near 
Greenfield, Ohio, January 21, 1830, became a communicant, in the 
Greenfield church, in March 1843, studied at Salem Academy until 
prepared to enter th« junior class ia Jefferson College, at Canons- 
burgh, Pennsylvania, from which institution, he graduated with the 
class of 1851. He taught two years in thf> Presbyierial Academy at 
Eldersridge, Pennsylvania, was received as a candidate for the min- 
istry by the Presbytery of Blairsville, and studied theology with the 
Rev. Alexander Donaldson, for one year, spent two years in Prince- 
ton Theological Seminary from October 1853, to May 1855, and was 
licensed as above. He was ordained and installed pastor of the 
churoh of Ottumwa, Iowa, by the Presbytery of Des Moines, Dec. 6, 
1855, and coutinued in that relation until April 1869. During that 
time, he was Principal of the Or.tumwa male and female Seminary, for 
five years, and was also county superintendent of schools for two 
years. He was pastor of the Batavia Church, Iowa, from September, 
1869, to April, 1833. He supplied the Kirkville Church, one year, 
from April, 1883, to April, 1884. Since May 1, 1885, he has had 
charge of the East End chapel, a mission connected with the First 
Presbyterian Church of Ottumwa, where his labors have been 
greatly blessed. 

In Presbytery at Rocky Spring, Sep. 4-5, 1855, The Rev. A. R. 
Naylor was received from the Presbytery of Cincinnati and "the 
church of Piketon was permitted to employ him at the pleasure of 
tot eparti es." James Dunlap was continued as supply at Mt 
Leigh and Eckmansviile. John M. McElroy was dismissed to the 
care of the Presbytery of Des Moines. Dr. AVm. C. Anderson 
declined the call from Chillicothe, and was dismissed and recom- 
mended to the Presbytery of California, where he went to preach in 
the First Church of San Francisco. Dr. Anderson was born in 
Washington County, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1804. He graduated 
from "Washington College in the class of 1824, studied Theology 
under the instruction of his father, the Rev. John Anderson D. D., 
and was licensed by the Presbytery of Washington, Dec. 13, 1827. 
He spent the first year of his ministry, in preaching to various 
unsupplied congregations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. 
Ia the winter of 1828-9 as missionary of the General Assembly's Board 




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he preached at Hillsborough, Forks of Yadkin, and in the mountains 
of North Carolina. In the summer of 1829. he accepted an agency 
for the General Assembly's Board of Missions, and visited the Pres- 
byteries in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio, and south, in Tennesse, 
Alabama and Mississippi. March 1831, he resigned the agency and 
settled as pastor of the church of Pigeon Creek, in Washington 
County, Pennsylvania, being installed April 17, 1832. In 1836, July 
15, he resigned his charge to accept the general agency of the 
Western Foreign Missionary Society, for the Mississippi valley. In 
1839 he settled at New Albany,. Indiana. His health failed in 1841, 
when he resigned his charge and traveled abroad; returning in the 
fall, he went, still in pursuit of health, to Central America. In 1843, 
he was chosen professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, in Hanover 
College, where he remained but a short time. He afterward 
preached for a time at Washington, Pennsylvania, and in the fall of 
1845, he became pastor of the First Church, Dayton, Ohio. His 
health failing, in 1849, he went to Europe, to the health resort Graf- 
fenburg, in Austria. While in Europe he was elected president of 
Miami University, and began his work there in the fall of 1849, and 
resigned his position in 1854. The University was never more pros- 
perous than under his management. He then came to Chillicothe, 
and as we have seen, went thence to become pastor of the First 
Church of San Francisco, California, which pastorate he resigned in 
1863; returning from California he preached for a time at the First 
Church, Cincinnati, then at New Albany, Indians, and in 1866, 
accompanied his brother Col. J. B. Anderson to Europe, Egypt and 
Palestine. In 1868, he went to Kansas where his son, the Hon. John 
A. Anderson was residing. In the spring of 1870, he sailed for 
Europe, and spent some months there chiefly at Munich, in Bavaria, 
but with no improvement to his health. He returned home in 
August 1870, and two weeks later, August 28, he passed away. He 
was buried in Highland Cemetery, Junction City, Kansas, where his 
wife had been buried in January of the same year. At Oxford, Ohio, 
where I first knew him, and speedily came to love him, as president 
of Miami University, he was abundantly successful, and showed him- 
self a man of great tact and ability. No man could have kept the 
boys in better order than he did, no man could have ezerted a better 
moral and religious influence over them than he did, no man was 
ever more easily approached, or could, with greater skill, put a bash- 
ful boy at ease in his presence, or prevent any thought of impudence, 
or overfamiliarity, with the most forward. He accorded all his 
rights to every one with whom he came in contact, treated all the 



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boys as young gentlemen, without any regard to wealth or family 
position, gave all a fair showing, making them to know at once, that 
they were to stand on their own personal merits, and while he was 
not at all exacting, a boy very soon knew that all his demands had 
to be complied with. Of most kindly, generous and honorable 
disposition, he made himself at home anywhere and at once secured 
the respect of all who met him. He was the model christian gen- 
tleman. He kept up the standard of manliness, and the high grade 
of scholarship established by the venerated Dr. Bishop, which had 
made the University famous, and sent out from it so many men, who 
became most useful and eminent in church and state. He kept his 
students, in the class room, always interested, and had a way of 
occasionally giving a reproof that was very amusing to all except 
the one who got it, and was very interesting to him until the stroke 
came, quick and sharp, like the crack of a whip, and utterly unex- 
pected by everybody, for he was not so poor in resources as to make 
it necessary for him to use a stereotyped form. I will venture to 
give one or two examples, though I cannot give the life and spirit, 
aud genial friendliness, and good humor which made them so exquis- 
ite. A young man in the mental philosophy class, he became quite a 
distinguished preacher afterwards, was called upon to recite, and it 
was soon evident that he had not studied the lesson; he however had 
some faint idea of it, and the Doctor kindly prompted him, when he 
would repeat what the Doctor said, as though he was about to give 
the whole of it without any more hesitation, and then come to a stop 
and say, that somehow, it had slipped his memory, he knew it, but 
couldn't, somehow, quite, get hold of it, this was repeated once or 
twice, and finally, when the Doctor prompted him again, he ran on in a 
glib way, with something that was not in that part of the lesson, but 
which he evidently supposed was, and when the Doctor graciously 
said, "that will do," andcalledthe next,he sat down feeling that he had 
redeemed himself, and made a pretty good recitation after all. He was 
not through yet. however; for when the recitation was finished the Doc- 
tor looked at his watch, and said that there were a few minutes re- 
maining of the hour for recitation, and he would tell us a story, and 
began: "In W estern Pennsylvania, among the Scotch Irish, the best 
people in the world, a preacher suspected that one of the elders was 
not as well instructed as he should be in the doctrines of the church 
and truths of religion, and went to see him, determined to test his 
knowledge. The preacher asked him if he knew the sixth command- 
ment. 4 Certainly,' he answered. I learned the commandments long 
ago.' ' Please repeat it, then,' the preacher said. The elder stood 



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in silence for a moment, and then said: 'I declare I have for- 
gotten the first word. Just roll me the first word.' 'Thou,' the 
preacher said. ' O, yes, yes,' said the elder; 'thou, thou, thou. Just 
tell me another word.' ' Shalt,' the preacher said. ' Why, certainly,' 
said the elder; 'it is very strange that I should have forgotten it. 
Thou shalt, thou shalt. I don't see what is the matter with me 
to-day. If you would tell me another word.' 'Not,' the preacher 
said. 'Thou shalt not, thou s-h-a 1 1 not. Why, Parson, it's the 
strangest thing in the world, but somehow I feel sure, if you would 
just tell me another word.' ' Kill,' said the preacher. ' Yes, yes,' 
said the elder; 'now it comes to me. I can't imagine why I could 
not think of it at first. Thou shalt not kill thy neighbor's wife, nor 
his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor 
anything that is thy neighbor's. Curious, parson, isn't it, how a man 
will sometimes forget what he knows so well?' Then turning 
pleasantly to the young man. as though he was asking an inno- 
cent question, the Doctor said: "Mr. B., have you'noticed that some 
of the young men in college sometimes recite in that manner 1 ?" 
Another time a classmate of mine came to recitation with the bosom 
and collar of his shirt very much soiled. We were studying Guizot'e 
History of Civilization. At the close of the recitation, Dr. Anderson 
said that while the author was very entertaining and instructive, and 
pointed out the progress of civilization in a very satisfactory manner, 
for the most part, that he did not give the credit that he should to 
the Reformation, which the Doctor considered the most potent factor 
of all, bringing men to a sense of their own worth, freeing them from 
the shackles of medieval superstition, quickening them to increased 
activity of thought and action, bringing about wonderful inventions, 
i fatening and ennobling labor, making it no longer drudgery. And 
s j he went on, speaking in the most eloquent manner, which I will 
Livt attempt to describe, but which captivated us and fixed our atten- 
tention, until he had us all hanging delighted and expectant on his 
words; and then suddenly droppiug into a conversational and more 
familiar tone of speech, he said: "To such an extent have things 
progressed, young gentlemen, that now it is scarcely an exaggeration 
to say that a man can go to one end of a machine and drop in a shirt 
and then go to the other end and take out a Testament. But, if the 
Reformation had never occurred, then" — and while we awaited 
another burst of eloquence, he suddenly turned his face toward the 
young man above-mentioned and said: "Mr. M. you might have kept 
your shirt and worn it as long as you pleased without changing." 
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men in a good humor with themselves, and making the most of them. 
I remember once, when at a meeting of Presbytery, before I was 
licensed, taking dinner in company with him and some others at a 
farm-house. We hud a good dinner, such as Presbyterian farmers 
generally provide on such occasions. The old gentleman had killed 
a sheep, and we had mutton for dinner, which was very good, but 
which I thought nothing special]y of, until the Doctor, turning to 
our host, said, in his inimitable way: "Colonel, what excellent mutton 
this is; your flock must be of the South Down variety." The Colonel 
was of course delighted, and even to me, somehow, the mutton 
seemed to become more savory; it was as though some exquisite 
sauce had been poured over it. Dr. Anderson could introduce and 
carry on religious conversation with the greatest ease and natural- 
ness and profit of any man whom I ever met. nor did I ever know his 
superior, or even his equal in prayer meeting talks. As a preacher 
he was a very prince, and such was his power to influence men to 
good that, although his stay in any church was never very long, he 
always left the church to which he ministered, in very much better 
condition, in every way, than when he went to it. The First Church 
in Chillicothe parted from him with very great reluctance, but he 
felt that there was a work for him to do in California, and when 
there, proved himself a workman that needed not to be ashamed. 

At Chillicothe, September 28, 1855, the relation between Mr. 
Grand Girard and Eocky Spring, and Marshall churches was dis- 
solved, and he was made stated supply at Red Oak, and declined a 
call from French Church for one-half his time, but was granted leave 
to make arrangements to supply them part of the time. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, April 15th and 16tb, 1856, the Rev, 
R. L. Stanton, D. D., was received from the Presbytery of Missis- 
sippi and accepted a call from the First Church of Chillicothe, and 
the first Thursday of June, at three o'clock P. M., was appointed 
for his installation, H. S. FuTlerton to preside and give the charge 
to the pastor; S. P. Dunham to preach and W. P. Eastman to give 
the charge to the people. In his charge Mr. Eastman pressed upon 
the people the fact that it was Doctor and not Mrs. Stanton who was 
installed. The Rev. A. R. Naylor accepted a call from Pisgah, and 
the first Tuesday of June, at two o'clock, was appointed for his 
installation, J. A. I. Lowes to preach, S. J. Miller to preside and 
give the charge to the pastor, and Wm. Gage to the people. Mr. 
Gage was, however, afterward excused from this duty, and Mr. Miller 
was absent, and James Dunlap was appointed and acted in his place, 
and R. W. Wilson in that of Mr. Gage. Red Oak presented a call for 



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Mr. Grand Girard, which was put in his hands. A call from Green- 
land for one-half time was forwarded to Mr. Broughton. Neither 
of these calls was accepted. French Church was permitted to 
employ Mr. Grand Girard for one-fourth of his time. S. P. Dunham 
was made stated supply at Bainbridge, for six months. Thomas M. 
Hopkins was dismissed to the care of Miami Presbytery. Mr. 
Hopkins was born near Red Oak, November 24. 1827. He was the 
late Rev. James G. Hopkins' brother. He united with the Red Oak 
church in the spring of 1842, prepared for college at Salem Academy, 
graduated from Hanover College, Indiana, with the class of 1852, 
studied theology with the Rev. H. S. Fullerton and Dr. Crothers, and 
for two years at the Princeton Theological Seminary, and was 
ordained and installed in the Pleasant Yalley church by the Miami 
Presbytery, in the Spring of 1866. In January, 1859, he was oalled 
to Bloomington, Indiana, where he labored until January, 1869. He 
then removed to Piqua, Ohio, where he was pastor for seven years, 
when he went to Xenia, Ohio, where he was pastor for about five 
years; then, for three and a half years he lived on a farm near Xenia, 
preaching as he had opportunity. At the end of this period he 
received a hearty and unanimous call to the Third Church of Cin- 
cinnati, where, after eighteen months of labor, his health failed, 
but after a period of rest, in November, 1886, he went to Denver, 
Colorado. In the minutes of the Assembly for 1888 he is reported as 
Thomas W. Hopkins, D. D., pastor, Capitol Avenue Church, Denver 
Colorado. 

The following is recorded in the minutes of this meeting: 
" Presbytery would hereby record the departure from this earth of 
our beloved brother in the Lord, the Rev. James Huston. This 
decease took place about the last of September, 1855." At this 
(Greenfield) Presbytery, also, Robert C. Galbraith, jr., was licensed. 
He was born in Frankfort, Ohio, November 30, 1832, received into 
the Concord church, on profession of faith, September 14, 1850, 
graduated at Miami University, June, 1853, having prepared for 
college at Salem Academy, and attended college a year and a half at 
Hanover, Indiana, finishing the junior year there. He was taken 
under care of Presbytery at New Market, September 6th and 7th, 
1853, and given u Jesu Christi Resurrectio," for Latin exegesis, and 
read, at the various succeeding meetings, critical exercise from 
Romans, 5:19, and delivered popular lecture from Romans, 5: 1-5, 
and popular sermon from Romans, 5: 8. The good brethren seem 
to have been determined that he should study one chapter at least. 
He studied privately one year with the Rev. Wm. Gage, one year at 



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Princeton, and one at New Albany Theological Seminary, Indiana, 
and was licensed at Greenfield, Wednesday, April 16, 1856. 

In Presbytery at Pisgah. June 3d and 4th, 1856, the Wilmington 
church had permission to engage the services of the Rev. R. W. 
Wilson for one- fourth of his time. 

Samuel Cunningham Kerr was licensed. Mr. Kerr was born 
in Buckskin township, Ross County, Ohio. He was received into 
the church, at Greenfield, on profession of faith, prepared for college 
at Greenfield and Salem Academies, and graduated at Miami Uni- 
versity, in June, 1853, and attended Theological Seminary at Prince- 
ton, and New Albany. He was taken under care of Presbytery at 
New Market, September 6th and 7th. 1853. and assigned u Judaeo~ 
mm Qdhv&rsio" for a Latin exegesis; he afterwards had 1st Cor. 
6:20, for a critical exercise, 2nd Cor. 5: L-4, for a popular lecture, and 
1st Peter 2:24, for a popular sermon. He passed all the parts of 
his trial with credit, and was licensed at Pisgah, Wednesday, June 
4th, 1856. 

In Presbytery at BloomiDgburgh, September 2-3, 1856, Red Oak 
again presented a call for Mr. Grand Girard. which he accepted, and 
the Saturday before the fourth Sabbath of November, at 10 A. M. 
was appointed for his installation. Dr. Steel to preach and preside, 
N. M. Urmston to give the charge to the pastor, and James Dunlap 
to the people. S. P. Dunham "was made stated supply at Bain- 
bridge, Job Broughton at Rocky Spring for half time, and R. W. 
Wilson, at Wilmington for one-quarter time, all until the next 
stated meeting. The Rev. H. S. Fullerton presented the following 
in reference to the death of the Rev. Samuel 'Crothers D. D., which 
was approved, and ordered on the records: "This Presbytery, in 
the providence of God, is called upon to record, with much sorrow, 
the death of their beloved and venerated co-presbyter, Samuel 
Crothers, D. D. Dr. Crothers was born in Franklin county, Pennsyl- 
vania, October 22, 1783. He made a profession of- his faith, in the 
Associate Reformed Church of Lexington, Kentucky, in 1803: and 
the following year placed himself under the care of the Presbytery 
of Kentucky, as a candidate for the ministry. After pursuing his 
studies four years, in the Theological Seminary under the 
charge of Dr. J. M. Mason, of New York, he was licensed to 
preach the gospel, November 6, 1809. In 1810 he became pastor 
of the united churches of Chillicothe and Hop Run. In the year 
1818, he removed to Kentucky, where he united with the Presby- 
terian church. After remaining there two years, he returned to 
Ohio, and organized the Presbyterian Church of Greenfield, of 



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which he became pastor. In this charge he continued, with great 
acceptance and usefulness, until the time of his death, which 
occurred J" uly 20th, 1856. The Presbytery regards his death as a 
great loss to us, and to the churches, within our bounds." 

I remember well Dr. Crothers' personal appearance and can 
recall the tone of his voice and the way in which he carried him- 
self. I was taught, from my earliest youth, to hold him in vener- 
ation, and do still venerate his memory. He was a man whose 
honesty and sincerity no man ever doubted. He was too, a nat- 
ural leader of men, a man not afraid to assert his rights, nor 
to maintain them. He was a fine scholar, especially in Old 
Testament history and literature. He regarded the church as one, 
in all ages, and that of the new dispensation as but that of the old, 
in more mature state and more perfectly developed; he was well 
grounded in, and heartily adopted the Reformed theology. He 
was a man who loved and stuck to his friends, and required that 
they should stick to him, and if he noticed signs of failure, his 
unequaled powers of sarcasm were put to the proof and they did 
not often fail to effect the result that he desired. They either 
brought men back to his side and to sense of duty, or drove them 
away, and he did not much care which, for he preferred an open 
enemy to a lukewarm friend, and would rather fight against one 
who came boldly out to meet him, than with one, for an ally, who 
skulked and tried to keep out of danger. He was a friend to be 
beloved and an enemy to be feared, an upright, downright sort of man, 
whose position all men knew, and knew too that he would fight for 
it, and in most cases it was the part or prudence to let him alone. 
He was not a safe man to trifle with, but was ready always for peace 
or for war, to loye you, or to fight you. He was not a man to go 
where he was not wanted, and certainly not one to leave a place in 
which he had rights. But withal he was a most genial, pleasant, 
approachable man, to whom little children would confidently go, 
certain of a pleasant welcome. He was a capital conversationalist, 
not afraid to laugh, when things were to be laughed at, ready also 
to mourn with those who mourned and with much skill to comfort 
the afflicted. He was always a very strong man and gave the im- 
pression to those who frequently saw him, of a man who had a 
great deal more strength in reserve, than that which in any case he 
found it ever necessary to use. He died at the house of his son, J. M. 
Crothers, in Oswego, Illinois, where he had gone on a visit; he died 
suddenly, on Sabbath evening, July 20th, 1856. "On the 23d of July, 
his remains were brought to Greenfield, and with great lamenta- 



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tion committed to the grave, to await the resurrection of the Just.'* 
At Bainbridge, April 21st and 22 ad, 1857, the Rev. John Wise- 
man was received from the Presbytery of Cincinnati; also, to the 
care of Presbytery, Wm. S. Livingston, a licentitafce of the Presby- 
tery of Zanesville. S. P. Dunham accepted a call from Bainbridge, 
and the second Tuesday of May, at two o'clock, was fixed as the 
time for his installation, John Wiseman to preside and charge the 
pastor. Dr. Stanton to preach and A. R. Nay lor to give the charge to 
the people. N. M. Urmston was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Iowa, S. C. Kerr to the care of the Presbytery of Des Moines, and 
R. C. Galbraith Jr. to the care of the Presbytery of Columbus; 
he was then preaching to the church of Lancaster. A call for 
H. S. IJstick from the church at Hamilton, Ohio, was put into his 
hands, and having signified his willingness to accept it, he was 
dismissed to the care of the Presbytery of Oxford. Mr. Ustick was 
ordained and installed, at Hamilton, in May, the next month after he 
had been dismissed to the Oxford Presbytery. On the 31st day of 
October, in the same year, he died, having been attacked, in Septem- 
ber, with typhoid fever. I knew Mr. Ustick well ; we were prepared 
for college together, at Salem Academy, graduated in the class of 
1853, at Miami University, together, and were together in New 
Albany Seminary. He was born at Bloomingburgh, Ohio, Septem- 
ber 9, 1832; at the early age of eleven years, he united with the 
church, at Bloomingburgh, and very early formed the intention of 
devoting himself to the ministry. He grew to be a handsome and 
most pleasant gentleman, beloved by all, and his early death was 
most sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends. He was an 
attractive speaker, with pleasing presence and persuasive manner, 
of more than ordinary ability, having all his powers well in hand, 
and, if he had been spared, would without doubt, have been most 
popular and useful in the church, a workman who would not have 
been ashamed. 

At this (Bainbridge) Presbytery, Samuel Hibben was licensed. 
Mr. Hibben was born at Hillsborough, O., January 31, 1834, received 
into the church there, at the age of seventeen ; prepared for college at 
Hillsborough, with that capital teacher, Dr. Sams, and after having 
spent some time at Hanover college, went to Miami University from 
which he was graduated in June, 1853. He took, as he deserved to 
take, the first honors of the class. In 1858, he graduated at Dan- 
ville Theological Seminary. I remember how greatly moved my 
father, who was an eider in Presbytery when he was licensed, was in 
telling me about Mr. Hibben's sermon, preached as part of trial for 



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license; much more than lie had been in hearing mine, but I did not 
wonder at it; and somehow I think he was proud of me for having 
been a classmate with such a man as Samuel Hibben. I know that 
I am proud of it yet. Mr. Hibben was taken under care of Presby- 
tery at Chillicothe, April 17-18, 1854, and given ''An mors Christi 
vicarius sitf' for exegesis, which with critical exercise on Rom. 3:25> 
popular lecture on Ps. 15, and popular sermon on John, 3:16, he 
delivered afc the different sueceediDg meetings of Presbytery, and 
having passed all his examinations and attended Theological Semi- 
nary at Danville, Kentucky, he was licensed, at Bainbridge, Wednes- 
day, April 22ad, 1857, and made stated supply at Mount Leigh and 
Eckmansville for six months. The Rev. Alexander Leadbetter, a 
member of the Presbytery of Connecticut was given leave to preach 
to the church of Marshall, at their request, for the same length of 
time. Presbytery also adopted some regulations in reference to 
supplying the vacancies — that every minister would be expected to 
spend one Sabbath, in missionary labor in the Presbytery, every six 
months. That every vacant church would be expected to take up a 
subscription for supplies and report to Presbytery, or to a committee 
of missions the amount ; this to be increased by an annual collection 
from every church having a pastor or stated supply ; the money thus 
collected, to be employed in supporting an itinerant missionary, or 
missionaries within our bounds. The salary of a missionary to be 
$10 per month. If any vacant church should refuse to take up and 
report this subscription, Presbytery would regard that church as 
intimating a wish to furnish its own supplies and in that case would 
send it none. If necessary Presbytery would apply to the Board of 
Domestic Missions for aid in carrying out this scheme. Cynthiana 
and Sinking Spring churches obtained leave to employ the Eev. Job 
Broughton, for six months. The following was adopted: ' ; Whereas 
we have heard, with pleasure, of the founding, by the Presbytery of 
Newcastle, of the "Ashmun Institute," expressly for the liberal 
education of our free colored population; and whereas we have 
heard of the happy location, congenial climate, religious influence, 
and gratuitous advantages it offers to colored young men for obtain- 
ing an. education; Therefore, 1st. Resolved; That this Presby- 
tery highly approve the general object of this Institute; 2nd. 
Resolved; That we have no hesitation in recommending it to the 
church for their patronage, and their cheerful and liberal co-opera- 
tion in this work of faith and labor of love." 

In Presbytery at Marshall, Sep. 1-2, 1857, the committee 
appointed to organize a church, at Leesburgh, reported that they 



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had done so and Peter Eckley an elder from that church, took his 
seat as a member of Presbytery; xllexander Leadbetter was received 
from the Presbytery of Connecticut. Mount Leigh and Eckmans- 
ville presented calls for Mr. Samuel Hibben, each for one-half of his 
time, which calls he was permitted to retain, for consideration. 
Cynthiana presented a call for Mr. Broughton, for half time, which 
he held. Leesburgh was given leave to employ Mr. Wm. S. Liv- 
ingston until the next stated meeting. The Rev. E. McKinney was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Whitewater. Mr. McKinney was 
born in Pennsylvania, graduated at Washington College, and was at 
Princeton Seminary one year, 1837, was missionary to the Indians, 
stated supply at Montgomery, and a teacher at Dunlapsville, Indiana. 
James Dunlap had leave to travel out of bounds. It was "Resolved; 
That Presbytery greatly regret that action of our General Assembly, 
by which they refused to hold any further intercourse with the 
Congregational bodies of New England, in correspondence with us, 
who have remonstrated with us on account of our connection with 
slavery, and that we highly approve of the conduct of Brother 
Lowes, our ministerial delegate to the Assembly, in opposing said 
action. Resolved: That we also greatly regret the declaration of our 
Assembly as recorded on page 44 of the Minutes, that the position of 
our church on the subject of slavery, needs no further explanation, 
while it is notorious that there is much diversity of opinion, both in 
the c Lurch and out of the church, as to what that opinion really is." 
"On motion it was Resolved; That these resolutions be transmitted to 
the 'Presbyterian of the West,' for publication, together with the 
fact that they were unanimously adopted." The Rev. John Wise- 
man accepted a call from Greenfield church, and Monday, Sep. 7th, 
was appointed for his [installation, A. Leadbetter to preach, A. R. 
Naylor to charge the people and Wm. Gage to preside and charge 
the pastor. The committee to whom was referred the memorial from 
the church of Greenfield, (Wm. Gage, W.P.Eastman and James 
Stitt.) reported as follows, which was adopted: "We consider it 
inexpedient for the Presbytery to take any action at present on that 
part of the memorial which seeks to have the subject of slavery 
presented, (through the Synod.) to the General Assembly, because 
the next meeting of that body is to be at an extreme point, and 
consequently there will, in all probability, be but a small represen- 
tation from Northern Presbyteries, and therefore a full expression of 
the views of the church could not be expected. Your committee, 
however, would present the following paper as expressive of our 
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believes it to be the duty of elmrch judicatories, as well as individ- 
uals, to bear testimony, in every proper way, against all systems of 
moral wrong that may be established by human governments: there- 
fore, 1st. Resolved: That we hereby approve of the action of the 
General Assembly of 1818, on the subject of Southern slavery, as a 
' noble testimony against its injustice, and in favor of the righteous 
treatment of colored people. 2nd. Resolved; That so long as the 
church adheres to said testimony, we see no just ground for depart- 
ing from her communion, even if the allegation be correct, that 
there are members of the body who dislike the action of the Assem- 
bly. 3rd. Resolved ; That the modern doctrine, promulgated by 
some, that slavery as it exists, by law, in the Southern States, is 
righteous in principle, and of Divine appointment, is, in view of this 
Presbytery, wholly Without support in the Word of God, and an 
outrage upon common sense. 4th. Resolved; That we do not 
intend to intimate, by the above, that it is our purpose to rest satis- 
lied with the mere fact that our testimonies against slavery are not 
repealed; for it is our design to use all the proper and lawful means 
in our power, to give practical effect to our testimonies." 

In Presbytery, at Hamilton, Ohio, during the Session of Synod. 
October 1, 1857, a call was presented, from Sinking Spring, for one- 
half the time of the Rev. Job Broughton, which together with the 
call from Cynthiana that he held, he accepted, and A. R. Naylor and 
S. J. Miller were appointed to install him at Cynthiana, and N. Wil- 
liams and S. P. Dunham, at Sinking Spring, at such times as might 
be agreeable to the parties. 

At Washington, April 6th and 8th, 1858, S. C. Kerr returned his 
certificate and gave reasons why he had not presented it to Des 
Moines Presbytery. Greenland was permitted to employ W. P, 
Eastman part of his time. Win. Williams was licensed. He was a 
btuvlent of Salem Academy, and studied Theology, privately, under 
the direction of Dr. Samuel Steel. He was taken under the care of 
Presbytery, at Greenfield, April 15th and 16th, 1856, and given for his 
Latin exegesis, u An Christus mortuus sit pro nobis ef peecatis 
nostrisf He afterward had, for critical exercise, John 2: 1-2, for 
lecture, 1st John 3 :l-2, and for popular sermon Heb. 12 :25, which he 
preached at Washington and was licensed,, Wednesday, April 7th 
1858. The Rev. James Dunlap was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Columbus. 

Mr. Dunlap was born near Ripley, Ohio, September 6, 1804 He 
graduated at the Ohio University, Athens, in 1829, and studied 
theology with the Rev. James Gilliland and Dr. S. Crothers, and as 



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we have seen was licensed and ordained, and worked in this Presby- 
tery. In 1857 he removed with his family to Midway, Madison 
County, Ohio, where he remained eight years. He was not there 
employed as pastor, but was diligent, in his Master's cause, preach- 
ing in vacant churches and doing home missionary work; and as a 
result of his labors the Presbyterian Church at Midway was organ- 
ized. In 1865 he, with his family, removed to Springfield, Ohio. 
Here he took great interest in a mission chapel, organized partly 
through his instrumentality, under the care of the First and 
Second churches. On the day of his death he wrote for about two 
hours; and was sitting up and dressed when the fatal attack of 
neuralgia of the heart came on, and he died at his home in Spring- 
field, March 31, 1883. Though he had nearly reached four score 
years, he had felt but little of the feebleness of age, having en- 
joyed unusually good health, never having been confined to his bed, 
by sickness, although for a few weeks before his death, he had not 
felt quite as well as usual, and had several premonitory symptoms 
of the disease which so suddenly proved fatal. The following is 
from a history *of the Mount Leigh Church published a few years 
ago, prepared by the Rev. Mr. Carson and Rev. Mr. Kerr. "In the 
year 1848, Rev. James Dunlap became the stated supply of the 
Mount Leigh Church. The church was small and struggling to 
sustain the ordinances of the Sanctuary: yet through the faithful 
labors of Mr. Dunlap and the cordial co-operation of the session, the 
church steadily grew in numbers. Peace and harmony prevailed, 
especially in the latter years of Mr. Dunlap's labors. The records 
show an increase of one hundred and ten members, during Mr. Dun- 
lap's ministry of nine years." 

In Presbytery at Mount Leigh, September 7th and 8th, 1858, 
W. P. Eastman was made stated supply at Greenland for part of his 
time. West Union and Manchester presented calls for Wm. Will- 
iams, which were put into his hands and held, for consideration. Mr. 
Livingston was made stated supply at Leesburgh, until the next 
stated meeting. Mr. Samuel Hibben having accepted the calls 
which had been presented him from Mount Leigh and Eckmansvilie 
preached his trial sermon for ordination, from Acts 18: 24-25, and 
was ordained and installed pastor, at Mount Leigh, Wednesday, 
September 8, 1858. Wm. Gage preached, Samuel Steel presided 
and gave the charge to the pastor, and J. Wiseman to the people. 
E. Grand Girard and N. Williams were appointed to install him at 
Eckmansvilie, Grand Girard to preach, preside and charge the pas- 
tor, and Williams to charge the people. Mr. Lowes was dismissed 



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to the Presbytery of Cincinnati. Isaac Jackson Cusbman, a mem- 
ber of the church at Bloomingburgh, was licensed. He had been 
under the care of Presbytery since the meeting of Presbytery at 
Greenfield, April 5th and 6th, 1853. He read at the meeting suc- 
ceeding an exegesis on "Ego sum vitis, vos palmites" a critical exer- 
cise on Heb. 12: 1-2, a popular lecture on Heb. 6:4-6, and a popular 
sermon on Gal. 6: 14, and was licensed September 8, 1858. The 
Revds. John Wiseman, H. S. Fullerton and K. W. Wilson, "The 
committee appointed to prepare a minute, in regard to Father 
Dickey's death, made a report which was adopted and is, as follows: 
Presbytery would record the following minute, in testimony of their 
affectionate remembrance of our departed brother in Christ, Rev 
Wm. Dickey. Wm. Dickey was a native of South Carolina, but spent 
the greater part of his earlier life, in Southern Kentucky, where he 
united with the church, and was licensed to preach and ordained to 
the work of the ministry, by the Presbytery of Transylvania. In the 
year 1817, he removed to this state, and organized the church of 
Bloomingburgh, on the 22nd of November of that year. After forty 
years of faithful and eminently successful labors, as a pastor, he 
preached his last sermon, to the same church, on the 22nd of 
November 1857. He died, on the 5th of December, 1857, aged eighty- 
three years, lacking one day and was buried on the anniversary of 
his birth, His end was singularly calm and peaceful. Among his 
last words, he remarked that he chided himself, that although he 
knew that he was drawing very near to the solemn event of death, 
yet he could not feel alarmed. Death was stripped of its terrors? 
the grave was conquered." 

Mr. Dickey was a peculiar man. If you did not look closely at 
him, and only took in the outline of the great landscape of his face, 
you might think him not much cf a man, not much to look at cer- 
tainly, but if you stopped to regard more closely that great mouth 
and thick, heavy nose, with expanded nostrils, and those eyes, set 
wide apart, like sparkling lakes, overshadowed by eyebrows, like 
forests, you could not help feeling that he was a man of weight and 
power. Those great features of his, too, you could not help seeing, 
had a most kindly expression, and if you but heard him speak you 
would see that whole, great face light up with a beauty that you 
would never forget. His preaching was peculiar. Sometimes he 
would stop, and stand, for quite a while, in utter silence; his right 
arm put behind him, from the elbow, crossing his back, he stood and 
swung from side to side and seemed to be looking for a thought, or 
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times you would always, thereafter, be satisfied that he would find 
what he was looking for, at least what he found was always some- 
thing that surprised and delighted you with its aptness. His was 
no groping of a blind man, but the intelligent reaching out after and 
laying hold upon, and lifting up, that so you could see it, of just the 
thing that he wanted to show you, and which he held up so in the 
light that you could not help seeing it. It was not the poverty of 
his resources that made him stop and hesitate; it was the very 
embarrassment of riches. Here were many things crowding for 
utterance; he could not say them ail, and after he had said what he 
did choose to say, you were satisfied that he had chosen wisely; at 
least you cculd not see how he could have said anything better than 
this which thrilled through your whole being and moved you to 
tears, or nerved you to endurance, or, as blast of trumpet, summoned 
you to active performance of duty. He was a modest man, easily 
touched, of most tender sensibilities. It was not, however, always 
safe to presume too much on his forbearance. When he was old and 
feeble he preached once in a church that had a choir in the gallery, 
that sung with art and skill, and was accompanied, or led, by instru- 
ments of music. He announced and read a long hymn for the first 
one, and the choir took the liberty of singing only a part of it. For 
the second hymn he chose one that had but two verses, of four lines 
each, deliberately and reverently read it, and then lifted that great 
face and turned his inuocent eyes up toward the choir, and with 
voice soft as velvet, said: "The choir will please sing all of this." 
No man ever doubted his religion; but it did not always turn out 
that, on a given occasion, he would say just what you expected from 
him, or indeed just what, to you, the case seemed to require. Once he 
Was thrown from his buggy and rendered unconscious by the shock, 
and some persons, either seeing the accident, or discovering him 
lying in a stupor, carried him to the house of a parishioner who lived 
nearest to the scene of the accident, where he was taken to the spare 
room and laid in the visitors' bed. The report went out that he had 
been killed, and ther« was, of course, alarm, excitement and great 
sorrow. He came to himself after a time, but was still not able to go 
to his home, when the elders of the church, in a body, called upon 
him. One of them, who was a fine talker, one of the best, and who 
could have made most excellent and religious use of such an occur- 
rence, after they had held some religious services, said to him: 
Well, Father Dickey, you have been very near death. You were 
just at death's door and have been most mercifully restored, to go in 
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out of the darkness and saw again the blessed light, what was your 
first thought?" The old man straightened himself, and, seeing that 
he was about to speak, a solemn hush came over the little assembly, 
and he began: "When I opened my eyes I saw that I was not at 
home. I looked about the room and saw the carpet, the chairs and 
everything handsome and in fine order. I looked over the bed and 
saw that all the bed-clothing was fresh and clean, the sheets looked 
white as snow, and then I thought — I wonder if, before I got into 
this nice bed, I washed my feet." 

In Presbytery at South Salem, April 9-11, 1859, a meeting that 
began on Friday adjourned over the Sabbath and then began a 
session on Monday. S. C. Kerr was dismissed to the Presbytery 
of Columbus. Samuel Hibben was given leave to travel out of 
bounds, and A. Leadbetter was made stated supply at Wilmington 
for twc-thirds of his time. Mr. Grand Girard introduced to the 
Presbytery Mr. Valentine Roudiez, who desired to be received as a 
licentiate. Recommendations concerning his standing were pre- 
sented from ministerial brethren in France. Mr. Grand Girard and 
Mr. Druhot were appointed a committee to conduct his examination, 
which was approved, and Mr. Roudiez was received, and the French 
church had leave to employ him to preach to them until the next 
stated meeting. Resolutions were passed recommending Oxford 
Female College to the churches, for aid, and also that the Presbytery 
were in favor of the General Assembly, which was to meet in 
Indianapolis next month, taking the direction and control of the 
" Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the Northwest," and " that 
if a sum equal to the amount presented to the General Assembly 
of 1853, in behalf of establishing the Danville Seminary, shall be 
presented to the next Assembly for the Seminary of the Northwest, 
the said Assembly should select a suitable location, appoint Directors 
and a Faculty, and take any and all necessary measures to secure 
the opening of the institution, as early in the autumn of 1859 as the 
Directors and Faculty so appointed may deem advisable." The 
churches were also earnestly requested to take order for securing 
as large an amount of funds pledged for the said Seminary as 
may be practicable, and to send a statement of the amount, with 
the form in which the pledges were made, to the Stated Clerk, 
that so he could make a report to the Board of Directors before the 
meeting of the Assembly. The " American and Foreign Christian 
Union " was recommended to the confidence of the churches and the 
.religious community generally. 

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McKnight Williamson was received from Hocking Presbytery. This 
was a special session " to consider the question, shall Presbytery 
accept the offer proposed to be made to it of Salem Academy by 
its trustees? — to receive Mr. Williamson and to dismiss the Rev. 
Samuel Hibben to the Presbytery of Peoria," which last, however, 
was not done at this meeting. It was " resolved that the offer of the 
trustees of Salem Academy, to transfer that institution to this Pres 
bytery, be accepted, on condition that a deed for the property shall 
be made which shall be satisfactory to Presbytery." Some other 
resolutions were passed, relating to this matter, and Presbytery then 
adjourned to meet in Salem, June 28th, when the arrangements 
for the transfer of the Academy were completed. The old Board 
of Trustees, who made the transfer, were Wm, Gage, H. S. Fullerton, 
Samuel C. Hamilton, M. D., Satterfield Scott, Alexander McLean 
aud Samuel Hitchcock. The new Board of Trustees, who had been 
appointed by the Presbytery, were Satterfield Scott, H. S. Fullerton ? 
Wm. Gage, S. P. Dunham, Wm. Pinkerton, R. W. Wilson, John 
Wiseman, Wm. P. Eastman, R. L. Stanton, Hugh Bell, R. S. Douglas 
and A. W. Seymour. The Academy has been since, and still is, 
under the care of the Presbytery, and is doing good work in its field. 

Mr. Hugh Bell was born at Circleville, O., January 31, 1815. He 
joined the church at that place about 1828, when the Rev. Wm. 
Burton, who in his infancy had baptized him, was pastor there; was 
elected and ordained elder in the Union church, May 25, 1855, and 
afterward, having removed to Chillicothe, was installed in the First 
church, Nov. 13, 1870. He was appointed trustee of Salem Academy 
at this time, and at the Synod of 1870, was appointed trustee of 
Wooster University, both of which offices he yet holds, and has 
attended faithfully to all their duties, never having failed in attend- 
ance upon any of the meetings of the Trustees at Wooster. He has 
attended sixty meetings of Presbytery, having been present many 
times more than any other elder. The same faithfulness has distin- 
guished him in his attendance on the services of the church and the 
meetings of its session. In all his work in and for the church, he 
has been able and judicious, and shown himself to be a man of excel- 
lent judgment, as well as of most kindly spirit. I think that his 
record for attendance upon the meetiDgs of Presbytery, is rarely 
equaled. 

In Presbytery at West Union, Sep. 6-7, 1859, Rocky Spring and 
Cynthiana presented calls for the Rev. McKnight Williamson, Rocky 
Spring for one-half of his time, and Cynthiana for one-third. Th$ 
Rocky Spring call was put into his hands, and that from Cynthiana 




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laid on the table until the next meeting. Wm. Williams accepted 
calls from West Union and Manchester, and 2nd Thess. 1:11-12, was 
assigned him for trial sermon, which he preached that evening, and 
was ordained Wednesday, Sep. 7, 1859, McKnight Williamson 
presided, Mr. Wiseman preached, Nathaniel Williams offered the 
ordaining prayer, Mr. Naylor gave the charge to the pastor and Dr. 
Stanton to the people. The Rev. J. A. I. Lowes, then of the Presby- 
tery of Cincinnati, who was present as a corresponding member, was 
elected Principal of Salem Academy. The French church presented 
a call for Mr. Valentine Roudiez, which was laid on the table until 
the next meeting, and Mr. Grand Girard was requested to present 
Mr. Roudiez's papers to Synod. "A petition was presented from 
sundry persons, at New Holland, asking to be organized into a 
church; and Messrs. Fullerton, Gage, Wilson and Pinkerton, were 
appointed a committee to attend to this request, if the way be clear, 
at such time as may suit the people, and committee respectively." 
The Rev. S. P. Dunham who had been appointed to prepare a 
minute, on the death of Father JBroughton, presented the following 
which was adopted: "This, Presbytery is again called upon to record 
the death of another of their members, the Rev. Job Broughton, who 
departed this life, November 16, 1858, in the 67th year of his age. 
Mr. Broughton had been a preacher of the gospel for nearly forty 
years. That portion of his ministry, which was exercised within our 
bounds, was greatly blessed to the good of God's people, and the 
salvation of souls. He was a zealous and faithful minister of the 
gospel. To do good and to glorify God was the high aim of his life- 
His last sickness was short and severe. He met death with compo- 
sure, and through the grace of Christ, was enabled to triumph over 
his last foe. May we be enabled to follow him, as he followed Christ, 
that we may at last share with him and all the redeemed, in the 
glory and blessedness that await all that love God." I have found 
out from other sources, that Mr. Broughton was born July 15, 1791, 
at Coatsheath, England. He studied for the ministry at Lutter- 
worth, was licensed by an "Association of Independents," and 
labored as a missionary for seventeen years; his health declining, he 
left England and arrived in New York, in 1829, remaining there for 
two years, during which he was not engaged in the ministry; then he 
came to Ohio and was engaged, before he connected himself with 
this Presbytery, in farming and preaching to a Congregational 
church. The disease that caused his death was pleurisy. Presby- 
tery also, at this session, adopted the following resolution, which 
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thankful for small favors: "Resolved; That the General Assembly, 
by its former approvals of the "Colonization Society," has at least 
shown that it was dissatisfied with the existence of slayery in our 
country, and that it was willing to use every practical means of 
checking the evils thereof ; Presbytery cannot but regret, therefore, 
the failure, in the last Assembly, of an attempt to reaffirm their 
previous testimony in favor of the Colonization Society, especially as 
there is known to be a disposition, in some parts of the church, to 
annul all past testimonies against slavery; and this failure of the 
Assembly to reaffirm its former action, may seem to be a step in 
that direction." It would seem to me that the Presbytery, itself, 
had taken several steps "in that direction" since they took action on 
this subject in 1835. Mr. Fullerton presented the following resolu- 
tions which were adopted: 1st. Resolved; That the Presbytery 
greatly regrets the refusal of the last General Assembly, to elect as 
professors, in our North Western Seminary, any of the men who 
have been repeatedly elected as professors, by the eclesiastical 
bodies within the field for the special benefit of which the Seminary 
was designed. 2nd. Resolved; That we regret this the more, 
because in the case of at least one of those elected to chairs, in the 
Seminary, the Synods of the North West had frequently expressed 
their unwillingness to give him a chair in their Seminary, by the 
election of one who has been considered as antipodal to him, in some 
views of Christian morality and church polity. 3rd. Resolved; 
That while the Presbytery cannot take any active part in sustaining 
the Seminary of the North West, as at present organized, and do 
not feel at liberty to advise our candidates, for the ministry, to 
place themselves under its influence and instructions, still we do not 
regard ourselves as bound to express any further disapprobation of 
the Assembly's action in the premises." 

In meeting of Presbytery at Hillsborough, Sep. 29, 1859, during 
the Session of Synod, the Rev. J. A. I. Lowes was received from the 
Presbytery of Cincinnati. Valentine Roudiez accepted the call 
from the French Church, and Rom. 5:12, was given him as a text for 
trial sermon, for ordination. A committee was appointed to make 
arrangements for an effort to endow Salem Academy; nothing how- 
ever was ever done, in this regard. "The Synod of Cincinnati were 
requested to take such action, as to secure a change, in the boundary 
line, between the Synods of Cincinnati and Ohio, so as to throw the 
town of New Holland into Chillicothe Presbytery, and Brother Wil- 
son was appointed to bring the matter to the attention of Synod." 
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his hands accepted it and the Rocky Spring call, and Messrs. Wise- 
man and Naylor were appointed to install him at Rocky Spring, and 
N. Williams and S. Steel to install him at Cynthiana. The pastoral 
relation between the Rev. Samuel Hibben and the churches of 
Mount Leigh and Eckmausville was dissolved, and Mr. Hibben was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Peoria where he went to become 
pastor of the Second Church of Peoria, in which relation he remained 
for three years, when his failing health caased him to resign, which 
resignation was, with much regret, accepted, as he had given great 
satisfaction to all the people. He then became Chaplain of the 
Fourth Illinois Cavalry, hoping thus to serve his Master, and also to 
regain his health. This was in 1861-2, but his health was not 
permanently benefitted, and he died June 10, 1862. There was 
trouble in the French Church, in reference to Mr. Roudiez, and a 
meeting was appointed and held, at Mowrytown, Dec. 6th and 7th, 
1859. Things were not settled, however, and it was afterward deter- 
mined, not to ordain, or install Mr. Roudiez at present, and at 
length it was reported in Presbytery at Greenfield, April, 1861, that 
Mr, Roudiez had joined another body, and his name was "removed 
from our minutes as a licentiate." At the meeting in Marshall, April 
10-12, 1860, it was reported that a church had been organized at 
New Holland, "with nine members, and two elders." Mr. Wm. S- 
Livingston, a licentiate, was dismissed to the Presbytery of New 
Lisbon, and the Rev. John Caldwell, M. D., was received from the 
Presbytery of Cincinnati. 

At South Salem May 1st and 2nd, 1860, Mr. Grand Girard was 
granted a certificate, so that he could travel out of bounds. Samuel 
Dickey Crothers was received as a candidate from the Presbytery of 
Transylvania, subjects: for exegesis, u An sit Deus benevolensf criti- 
cal exorcise 1st Pet. 3: 18-22; lecture the 29th Psalm, and popular 
sermon Gal. 6:14, had been assigned him by the Presbytery from 
which he came, and at this time he passed all his parts of trial and 
was licensed May 2, 1860. Mr. Crothers was born at Greenfield, 
April 20, 1833, joined the church, at South Salem, on profession in 
1853, prepared for college, at Salem Academy, attended college at 
Princeton, New Jersey, and Danville, Kentucky, graduating from 
Centre College in 1858, and at the Theological Seminary in 
Danville, after a three years course. In Presbytery at Red Oak, 
August 25th and 26th, 1860, the Rev. Herman Veith was received 
from the Presbytery of Hudson. Mr. Veith labored among the 
German people, in Portsmouth. 

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THE HISTORY OF THE 



churches, and received on profession 23,945, and had communicants 
279,630. The New School had 1,545 ministers, 1,542 churches, end 
received on profession 10,705 and had communicants 137,990. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

At the close of I860, there were in the Presbytery Pastors: Wm. 
P. Eastman, at Union and supplying Greenland; R. W. Wilson at 
Blooiniogburg; John Wiseman at Greenfield; McKnight Williamson 
at Rocky Spring and Cynthiana, and supplying Marshall one-fourth 
of the time; Samuel Steel D. D. at Hillsborough; Robert L. Stanton 
P. D. at Chillicothe; E. Grand Girard at Red Oak; Wm. Williams at 
West Union and Manchester; Wm. Gage at Concord; A R. Naylor at 
Pisgah: H. S. Fallerton at South Salem; S. J. Miller at Washington; 
Nathaniel Williams at .New Market, and supplying Mount Leigh; and 
S. P. Dunham at Bainbridge. J. A. I. Lowes was principal at Salem 
Academy; Valentine Roudiez was in trouble at the French Church; 
and. since April, 1860, J. Caldwell was supplying the church at 
Eckmansville; A. Leadbetter was at Wilmington, and Herman Veith 
was preaching to the German people at Portsmouth. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, April 2-4, 1861, I. J. Cushman 
licentiate, was dismissed to the care of the Presbytery of Cincinnati 
Mr. Cushman was born in Monongahela- county, West Virginia, near 
Morgantown, September 19, 1830. He was brought up in Fayette 
county, Ohio, where he came with an uncle when five or six 
years old. He prepared for college at Salem Academy, and 
graduated from Miami University with the class of 1858, and 
the same year accepted the principalship of Salem Academy. 
November 30, 1860 ? he accepted a call from the Bethel church 
in the Presbytery of Cincinnati and continued pastor of that 
church until his death, August 26, 1881. He was an earnest Presby- 
terian, a faithful and beloved pastor, whose loss was greatly- 
lamented. John Fallis, a member of Hillsborough Church, who had 
been taken under our care as a candidate for licensure at South 
Salem, May 1st and 2nd, 1880, was dismissed to the care of the 
Presbytery of Transylvania. Samuel Cromwell, an elder in the 
Wilmington Church, in whose christian character and faithfulness 
the Presbytery had confidence, at his request, was permitted to cease 
acting as an elder, in that churoh. Leave was granted the French 
church to employ Mr. Grand Girard, for part of his tim9, provided 
satisfactory arrangements could be made with him and the Red Oak 
church. The committee that had been appointed to organize a 
church at Winchester, (Messrs. Steel, Williams and Caldwell, min- 
isters, and Samuel Hibben and Wm. John, elders,) reported that they 
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Andrew Ray and Harvey A. Darlington were elected and ordained 
ruling elders. The name of the church was the "First Presbyterian 
Church of Winchester." Mount Leigh and Winchester had leave to 
procure their own supplies, until the next stated meeting. 
McK night Williamson was appointed stated supply at Marshall, for 
one-fourth of his time, until the next stated meeting. The committee 
to inquire into the expediency of preparing and publishing a history 
of the Presbytery of Chillicothe, reported progress, and were con- 
tinued, but it would appear that they did not continue long enough 
in that laudable and delightful business. The following was also 
adopted: 

"To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to meet in 
Ph iladelphia, on the third Thursday of May, 1861;" 
Dear Brethren; It seems probable from statements made, in 
our public papers, that Rev. N. S. RiceD. D., will, at your meeting, 
resign his place, in the Theological Seminary of the North West. 
If this resignation should be made and accepted, we would request 
you to elect, in his place. Rev. E. D. MacMaster D. D. We believe 
that his habits of study, his pre-eminent qualifications for the chair 
likely to be vacated, and the feelings and wishes of the North W r est, 
all conspire to render our request reasonable and proper." The 
following was also adopted: "The committee to whom was referred 
the memorial of ^he session of the Red Oak Church, submit the fol- 
lowing for the adoption of Presbytery: The Presbytery had no 
intention of treating the former memorial of the Session, in an 
'uncovnteous and unchristian manner,' or to 'set it under the table,' 
bat took no action on the memorial further than to refer it to a 
committee, simply because the committee, inadvertently, failed to 
submit any action for their adoption. The Presbytery would further 
declare that their opposition to American Slavery has not diminished 
in the slightest degree, but has rather been increased and confirmed, 
by the developments of the nature and tendencies of that system 
whi:-h have been made in the current events of the present day. 
Presbytery still regard it as 'a blot on our holy religion,' as utterly 
irreconcilable with the law of God. and the principles of the gospel, 
and as furnishing a just ground of reproach to our church and 
nation. We therefore feel more than ever disposed to use our 
"honest, earnest and unwearied endeavors,' by all lawful and judi- 
cious means, to effect its abolition." Rebert B. Herron and Thomas 
Fullerton were licensed. Mr. Herron was taken under care at South 
Salem and given "Nonne mors Christi vicarius sit f for an exegesis, 
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for popular lecture, and John 3: 16, for popular sermon. Having 
passed all his parts of trial, he was licensed Wednesday, April 3, 1861. 

Mr. Herrou was born October 15, 1831, near Hillsborough, Ohio, 
united with the Presbyterian Church at Hanover, Indiana, in 1853, 
graduated at Hanover College, 1856, attended Danville Seminary; 
was ordained, as evaugelist, at Winchester, Adams County, Ohio, 
Wednesday, June 4, 1862; was stated supply at West Union and 
Manchester 18 months, became chaplain of the 14th Kentucky, 
V. I. At Chattanooga, Tenn., while in charge of the hospital, 
contracted illness which made him an inmate of the hospital for 
three months; resigned his commission at Nashville Tennessee, 
October 19, 1864; was stated supply at Pleasant Ridge, Presby- 
tery of Cincinnati, Jan. 1, 1865, to Dec. 31; from Jan. 1, 1866, to the 
fall of 1880, supplied as pastor elect, Williamsburg, Clermont 
.County, Ohio; was called to the churches of Danville and White 
Lick, Presbytery of Indianapolis, and took charge of them in the 
beginning of 1871, and remained in that Presbytery until in the early 
winter of 1877. then was called to Montezuma, in Presbytery of Iowa 
city, where he was pastor for nearly six years; from Aug. 1882, to 
the fall of 1885, supplied the First Church, Independence, Kansas, 
when on account of ill heaith he resigned. For two years, as his 
health permitted, he did general and evangelistic work, and then was 
called to the churches of Fredonia and New Albany, Kansas, of 
which churches he is still pastor. ■ He has received between five and 
six hundred into the church on profession and by certificate, and 
five active and useful ministers, now in the work, "were under the 
moulding and directing influence of his ministry." 

Thomas Fullerton was born at Chillicothe, Nov. 16, 1834, joined 
the church at South Salem, in 1849, prepared for college at Salem 
Academy, and entered the junior class, of Miami University, and 
graduated in the class of 1853. He studied and practiced law, at 
Columbus, Ohio, for a time, and then at Peoria, Illinois, when he 
determined to enter the ministry; studied Theology at Princeton 
Theological Seminary, was taken under care of Presbytery at this 
meeting, and read an exegesis on "An Christus vere DeusV 1 a critical 
exercise on Col. 11:16, delivered a popular lecture on Deut. 33:26-29, 
popular sermon on 1st Peter, 1:8, and was licensed at Greenfield, 
Wednesday, April 3rd, 1861. 

At South Salem, April 30 and May 1st, 1861, The Rev. Nathan 
S. Smith was received, after examination, from the Methodist 
Protestant church, and took his seat as a member of Presbytery. 
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From the Presbytery of Chillicothe, in session at South Salem 
April, 1861, to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, 
to be held in Philadelphia, on the third Thursday of May, 1861: 
"Fathers and brethren — Inasmuch as we have reason to believe, 
from published sermons and other publications, issued by ministers 
in connection with our church, that many, even of our own ministers 
and members, regard the action of the Assembly of 1818, on the 
subject of American slavery, as virtually repealed by the action of 
1845, and whereas, this view of the matter has been publicly endorsed 
in one of our Southern Synods, and given as a reason for not repudi 
ating your testimonies, and declining your jurisdiction; We do, 
therefore, most earnestly, yet respectfully, beseech your venerable 
body to vindicate the truth which our beloved church has so nobly 
asserted, on this subject of slavery, from the beginning, by some 
explicit declaration, showing that you still believe and teach the 
sentiments uttered in 1318, and urging upon ministers and sessions 
to give careful heed to the admonitions of that deliverance." 

At Union August 27th and 28th, 1861, McKnight Williamson 
was made stated supply at Marshall, for one-fourth of his time. The 
pastoral relation between Wm. Williams and the churches of West 
Union and Manchester was dissolved, and Mr. Williams was dis- 
missed to the Presbytery of Schuyler, and the churches llad leave to 
procure their own supplies. Samuel 1). Crothers was made stated 
supply at Mount Leigh and Winchester, until the next stated 
meeting. Thomas Fullerton was granted leave to travel out of 
bounds. "The report of the committee on the minutes of the 
Assembly was taken up and adopted, and is as follows: The com- 
mittee on the minutes of the Assembly rep 3rt: 'In accordance with 
the action of the Assembly, Resolved; That Presbytery give all 
diligence to the duty of seeking out and encouragiug young men 
of piety and promise, with reference to entering the ministry. 
Resolved; That it is the duty of the churches to support and 
patronize our Presbyterial Academy, and that Presbytery devise 
some means of calling attention to the subject. Resolved; That 
Presbytery cordially endorse the resolutions of the last General 
Assembly, upon the state of the country, and commend the noble 
sentiments, therein expressed, to the carefal and prayerful considera- 
tion of all our members. Resolved; That Presbytery express their 
satisfaction with the action of the Assembly, in its review of the 
records of the Synod of South Carolina. Also, in their answer 
returned to a memorial sent up by this body, on the subject of 
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reaffirming the action of 1818, on the subject of American slavery; 
Resolved; That, in accordance with the injunction of the Assembly, 
Presbytery will give more special attention to the subject of Sys- 
tematic Benevolence, within our bounds.' " This was the first time, 
for many years, that the Presbytery was satisfied with the action 
of the Assembly. It was, also, "resolved that Presbytery urge upon 
the churches, within our bounds, the duty of earnestly observing the 
day appointed, by the President of these United States, as a day of 
fasting, humiliation and prayer, in reference to our existing national 
troubles." Norman Jones was taken under our care, as a licentiate, 
he having answered the constitutional questions propounded to can- 
didates, affirmatively, Wednesday, August 28, 1861. Mr. Jones was 
born at Washington C. H., November 28, 1832. He united with the 
church, at South Salem, where he attended the Academy in prepa- 
ration for college. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1857, 
having entered the junior class, when he left Salem Academy. He 
studied theology at the Union Theological Seminary, in New York 
City, finishing the course there in 1860. Before graduating, he was 
examined by the Congregational Association of Brooklyn, and recom- 
mended, by that body, to the churches, which is equivalent to being 
licensed, and preached the summer after he had graduated, in the 
East. When he appeared in Presbytery, being a member of the 
Congregational church, he was, by direction of Presbytery, taken into 
the church of Union, by the session, and then received into the 
Ptesbytery as a licentiate. 

At Greenfield, September 10th, 1861, it was "resolved that this 
Presbytery is highly gratified with the proclamation of Major Gen- 
eral McClellan, enjoining the observance of the Sabbath upon the 
armies under his command; that we express our gratitude to God 
for His favor in disposing him thus to respect His law; and that, in 
this, we see additional encouragement to pray earnestly and hope 
confidently for the success of our armies, in their efforts to preserve 
our highly favored Government from destruction, by a most wicked 
rebellion. 

At Hillsborough, April 1st and 2d, 1862, George H. Fullerton, a 
licentiate, was received to our care, from the Presbytery of Alleghany 
City. Wm. Coleman and George T. Crissman were licensed. They 
had b^en taken under care of Presbytery at Union, August 27th and 
28th, 1861, from the Presbytery of Alleghany City, in whose care they 
had been while attending seminary at Alleghany, and, as it appears, 
had been assigned subjects for Latin exegeses and critical exercises. 
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popular lecture, and Komans 5: 6, for popular sermon; and Mr. Criss- 
man, 2nd Corinthians, 6: 14-18, for popular lecture, and 2nd Corin- 
thians, 7: 1, for popular sermon. These, together with each a Latin 
exegesis and critical exercise, were all delivered, and they were 
licensed, Wednesday, April 2d, 1862. Norman Jones, licentiate, was 
dismissed to the caie of the Presbytery of Miami. The Rev. N. S. 
Smith was, also, dismissed to the same Presbytery. 

At Winchester, Wednesday, June 4th, 1862, Samuel D. Crothers 
was ordained aud installed pastor of the churches of Winchester and 
Mount Leigh, and Robert B. Herron was ordained as an evangelist. 
Mr. Crothers' trial seriEon, for ordination, was from 1st Timothy, 
3: 15. Mr. Herron's was from Romans, 8: 28. Dr. Stanton preached 
the ordination sermon, from 2nd Timothy, 1: 9-10, Mr. Wiseman 
proposed the questions and offered the ordaining prayer, McKnight 
Williamson delivered the charge to the two brethren, and Dr. Steel to 
the people of Winchester and Mount Leigh. John Barrett was 
licensed. Mr. Barrett was born near New Market, Sept. 5th, 1832, 
and joined the church at that place, in his seventeenth year. He 
prepared for college at Salem Academy, and graduated at Miami 
University, with the class of 1860. He studied theology at Alle- 
ghany Seminary. He was received under the care of the Presbytery 
of Chillicothe, at Union, September 27th and 28th, 1861, from the 
Presbytery of Alleghany City, under whose care he had been, while 
a student at the Seminary, and was assigned, for lecture, 2nd 
Cor. 5: 18-19; for popular sermon, 2nd Cor. 5: 20. He passed all the 
parts of trial, (his subjects for Latin exegesis and critical exercise 
are not given, as they appear to have been assigned him by the other 
Presbytery,) and was licensed Wednesday, June 1th, 1862. 

At Pisgah, August 26 and 27, 1862, Wm. Coleman, having been 
appointed Chaplain of the 117tb Regiment O. V. I., mustered into 
the service of the United States, was ordained as an evangelist. His 
trial sermon was from Mat. 9: 28; Samuel D. Crothers preached, 
Dr. Stanton presided and Mr. Wiseman gave the charge to the 
newly ordained minister. The Rev. John Caldwell was dismissed 
to the Presbytery of Cincinnati. The relation between Nathaniel 
Williams and the church of New Market was dissolved and he 
was dismissed to the Presbytery of Palestine. Dr. Stanton having 
been elected to a professorship, in Danville Seminary, the rela- 
tion between him and the First Church of Chillicothe was dissolved, 
to take effect in September; he was also granted a certificate to 
the Presbytery of Transylvania, and resigned his office of Stated 
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was adopted: "Whereas this Presbytery has shown itself the friend 
of the oppressed, and as American slavery lies at the founda- 
tion, and is the principal cause of the present troubles, which dis- 
tract, and should bumble our nation, therefore, Resolved; 1st. That 
we can but rejoice in the growing and healthy public sentiment, in 
the loyal and border States, in the more harmonious views, in the 
different denominations of Christians, especially in our branch of 
the church, against the system. Resolved; 2nd. That the spiritual 
and e^rnal interests of these slaves made free, in the District of 
Columbia, by an act of Congress, and those made so in the course of 
the war, and which are found collected, in several localities, should 
demand the attention of all benevolent and Christian people, and 
therefore demand the attention of the churches under our care. 
Resolved: 3rd. That our several churches be requested to take up 
collections, on their behalf, and send the amount thus raised, to the 
American Tract Society, or to such society as may be engaged in the 
work of teaching, and preaching to them the everlasting gospel of 
Christ." The committee, on the minutes of the General Assembly, 
reported the following which was unanimously adopted: "1st. On 
correspondence: Resolved; Thar, Presbytery is highly gratified that 
the Assembly has instituted a friendly correspondence with the New 
School, and the United Presbyterian churches, and the Presbyterian 
church of Ireland. This indicates, we trust, a drawing together of 
the different branches of the Presbyterian family, and the approach 
of the time when they shall be one in spirit and in outward organiza- 
tion. 2nd. On the state of the country: Resolved; That we take 
pleasure in recording our hearty endorsement of the Assembly's 
expression of attachment to the Federal Union, and loyalty to the 
Federal Government, and of the rebuke administered by it, to 
treason and rebellion in our land. This second deliverance places 
our church unmistakably upon record, as a worthy successor of the 
loyal old Presbyterian church of 1776." 

At South Salem, April 7th and 8th, 1863, the church of Lees- 
burgh was dissolved, and the only remaining elder directed to 
dismiss the members to Hillsborough, or to such other churches as 
they may desire, and place the records of the church in the hands of 
the Stated Clerk. McKnight Williamson was permitted to supply 
Marshall, part of the time, until the next stated meeting. R. C. Gal- 
braith, Jr., and W. G. Hillman obtained leave to labor in our bounds, 
until the next stated meeting, and did so labor, Galbraith at Green- 
land, and Hillman, in the First Church, Chillicothe. Eckmansville 
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accepted, the churches that he was serving consenting to the arrange- 
ment, and the first Wednesday of J one was appointed for his installa- 
tion, E. Gracd Girard to preach, Dr. Steel to preside and give the 
charge to the pastor and S. P. Dunham to the people. George H. 
Fullertou, licentiate under the care of Presbytery, was dismissed to 
to the care of the Presbytery of Columbus. The Rev. George 
Humphrey Fullerton, D. D., was born at Bloomingburgh, Fayette 
county, Ohio, February 27th, 1838, united with the church, at 
South Salem, February 23rd, 1851, prepared for College, at Salem 
Academy, graduated at Miami University with the class of 1858, was 
two years at Alleghany, and one at Princeton, 1858-1861, was taken 
under care of the Presbytery of Alleghany City, September, 1858, 
and licensed by that Presbytery, April 21st, 1860. He spent the 
vacation after licensure preaching at Greenupsburgh and Greenup 
Union, Kentucky. He preached for about four months, after leaving 
the Theological Seminary, at South Charleston, Clark county, Ohio, 
was chaplain of the First Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry 
mustered into the service of the United States from October, 1861, 
to October, 1862. He preached at Lancaster, Ohio, from December 
14th, 1862, to October 1st, 1864, and during this ministry was 
ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Columbus, May 4th, 
1863; preached at Sandusky, Ohio, from October 2d, 1864, to' 
November 3d, 1867; at Lane Seminary church from November 17th, 
1867, to November 29, 1874; at Springfield, Illinois, from December 
17th, 1874, to June 29th, 1879; at AValnut Hills church, Cincinnati, 
Ohio, from August 19th, 1879, to October 10th, 1886, and began his 
ministry at the Second Presbyterian church, Springfield, Ohio, 
November 7, 1886, where he is now pastor. 

The pastoral relation between the Rev. A. R. Naylor and the 
Pisgah church was dissolved; also that between the Rev. John Wise- 
man and the Greenfield church, to take effect the first of J uly. It 
was recommended to the churches that they observe Thursday, April 
30, appointed by the President of the United States, for fasting and 
prayer. Samuel M. Crissman, a member of the Red Oak church, 
was licensed. He had been received as a candidate, at Union, August 
7th and 28th, 1861, and had, in the me antime, read an exegesis on, 
'''Mors Christi vicarius est" a critical exercise on John 21: 15-17, 
and delivered a popular lecture on Rom. 12: 1-2 and a popular ser- 
mon on 2nd Cor. 5: 21, and was licensed, at Salem, Wednesday, April 
8, 1863. In Presbytery, at Washington C. H, Sep. 1st and 2nd, 1863, 
the Rev. A. R. Naylor was dismissed to the Presbytery of Saline, 
and S. M, Crissman to the care of the Presbytery of Peoria. Arthur 



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R. Naylor was born in Harrison County, Kentucky. Dec. 20, 1812, 
graduated at Miami University, 1841 ; studied theology at Associate 
Reformed Seminary, Oxford, O., licensed by Oxford Presbytery, April, 
1842, ordained by Presbytery of Cincinnati, 1844, preached at Trad- 
ing, Feesburg and Ebenezer; pastor at Pisgah, Ross County, Ohio. 
1835 to 1863; stated supply in Indiana nine years, in Illinois, four 
years; pioneer missionary in Kansas eight years and is now Hon 
Retired. His address, in the Minutes, is "Wichita, Kan., where his son 
Prof. J as. M. Naylor is principal of a large and flourishing Academy. 

N. M. Urmston was made stated supply at New Market, he had 
been received again into Presbytery, at this meeting, from the Pres- 
bytery of Wyaconda. John Barrett accepted a call, from PisgLh, 
and Wednesday September 17, at 11 o'clock A. M., was appointed for 
his ordination and installation. Eph. 11:8, was given him as a text 
for his trial sermon and W T . G. Hillman was appointed to preach, 
S. P. Dunham to preside and make the ordaining prayer, R. W. Wilton 
to give charge to the pastor and R. C. Galbraith, Jr., to the people. 
Chillicothe, Greenfield and Salem had leave to procure their own 
supplies. "W. G. Hillman was received from the Presbytery of 
Xiogansport. Mr. Hillman had been supplying the First church of 
Chillicothe and continued to do so, while he remained in the Pres- 
bytery. R. C. Galbraith, Jr., was received from tho Presbytery of 
Columbus; since he had been dismissed, to the care of that Presby- 
tery he had preached to the church at Lancaster, Ohio; after supply- 
ing them, for a time, he had been ordained and installed by the 
Presbytery of Columbus, June 9, 1857; for four years of the time he 
had been chaplain at the State Reform Farm, preaching there every 
Sabbath afternoon. He was also commissioned chaplain of the , 
Third Brigade, First Division Ohio Volunteers, mustered into the 
service of the United States, and served as chaplain at Camp * 
Dennison, and in West Virginia; his commission is dated May 10, 
1861; he was in the service but four months. His pastoral relation 
with the Lancaster, church was dissolved October 8th, 18G2. . Pres- 
bytery adopted the following; "On the state of the country : 
"Resolved; That this Presbytery cordially approve of the papers 
adopted by the General Assembly on the state of the country, as 
professisg undiminished loyalty to the Federal Government, and an 
earnest desire for the suppression of the rebellion; also as acknowl- 
edging our great sinfulness, as' a people, owning the justice of God, 
in bringing this heavy calamity upon us, because of our national 
transgressions, and the need of our turning from them to God, by 
repentance and prayer, and of amending our ways that his wrath 



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may be turned away from us/ " The committee. (Lowes, Eastman and 
Wilson*) appointed to prepare a minute, with reference to the 
decease of Brothers Gage and Fulierton presented the following, 
which was adopted: "Sinae the last meeting of the Presbytery, our 
dear brothers, William Gage and H. S. Fullerton have ceased from 
their earthly labors, and have entered into the rest of their Lord; the 
former on the ninth of July, and the latter on the seventeenth 
of August last. These brethren had been pastors of churches? 
within our bounds, each for about one-third of a century, and at the 
time of their death still sustained this relation, the former having been 
pastor of the church of Concord thirty-two years, and the latter 
pastor of the church of Salem twenty-six years Their most earnest 
wish was that they might die with their people. Their wish was 
gratified. The praise of these brethren is in all the churches. 
They rest from their labors and their works do follow them. To 
this dispensation of God's providence and grace we bow, with 
humble submission. He doeth all things well. What is our loss 
is their infinite gain, and yet our tears must flow at the many 
precious memories which cluster around these brethren. We feel 
our bereavement. And while we are sure that the great Head of 
the church, will raise up others, to take their place in the work of 
the ministry, we, who have been so long associated with them, 
feei that very tender ties have been severed, and that links 
which bound us to earth now bind us to heaven, and that as very 
dear friends have been taken from us, we should be drawn nearer 
to that friend that sticketh closer than a brother. May God grant 
us grace to follow in the steps of these brethren, as they followed 
Christ." 

Wm. Gage was born in Salem, Massachusetts, Nov. 16, 1799; 
the same year in which the Presbytery was organized. He joined 
the church in South Reading, when about nineteen years of age, 
prepared for college, in Bradford and at Philips Academy, entered 
college at Amherst, in 1824, and graduated in 1828, when he imme- 
diately entered the Theological Seminary at Andover. and after 
having been there three years, graduated in 1831. He was licensed, 
in April, 1831, by the "Congregational Association of Andover," 
during his last year in the Seminary. He received a commission, 
from the "American Home Missionary Society," to labor in the 
West, and set out for his chosen field of labor, having probably 
but a vague idea of what he should find, or of what his work 
would be, but impelled by that "hungering for the horizon", which, 
while it leads many toward the setting sun, to find the gold piled 



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up there, for men of adventure and enteprise, does also lead some 
to press forward to find work that will enrich them forever, and 
whose reward while it has much of sweetness, even here, is found, in 
full excellency, in the world to which he, who, in the strength of his 
youth, journeyed to the far West with high ambition and much 
hope, has gone, with an assurance of everlasting blessedness, having 
planted in the soil of the churches to which he ministered, soil 
often watered with his tears, seeds that will grow and wave in 
golden beauty, and bring forth for his enrichment, perennial harvest; 
to where the earthen cup of simple water, given in Christ's name, 
comes back to the giver, a golden cup, with jewels encrusted, filled, 
for his drinking, with the wine of God's love. On his way "West, he 
stopped in New York city and connected himself with the Third 
Presbytery of New York, by which he was ordained as an evangelist, 
and dismissed to our Presbytery, into which he was received in 
January, 1832. He preached, as we have seen, at Concord and 
Pisgah, the relation with Pisgah being dissolved in 1855, and at 
Concord, by his death. It is said, in his memoir, in Wilson's 
Almanac, that "such was his punctuality that though his constitution 
was never robust, and though the church of Pisgah was eight miles 
distant from his residence in the bounds of Concord, yet, with two 
exceptions, during the twenty-four years that he ministered to that 
church, he never failed to fulfill his Sabbath appointments.' 7 He 
was pastor at Concord some years longer, and during all these years, 
he kept the church well informed, in all the general movements for 
good and blessing. The temperance cause found in him, a warm 
friend. He was also, from the first, an earnest advocate of anti- 
slavery principles, and kept the churches well informed in all the 
movements for human freedom. I well remember his talks before 
sermon, on Temperance, Anti-Slavery, &c, and the accounts that he 
• gave of the meetings of Presbytery and Synod. He was descended 
from the Puritans, and many of the traits of that people were 
strongly marked in him. In his theology, he was thoroughly Old 
School. In his feelings he was New School. Although living so 
long in this S'tate, he .never became acclimated, he was always a 
New Englander. The ways and manners and pronunciation of the 
East clung to him.. He made but little of Christmas, but Thanks- 
giving day was the one day of the year that, to him, was clothed in 
royal purple; to it he looked forward with eager anticipation, and 
when it came he thoroughly enjoyed it. His gestures and all his 
ways were foreign to this part of the country, but none of them 
were offensive. He did not hate you, or treat you badly, he even 



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loved yon none the less, because you were not born in Massa- 
chusetts, but he could scarcely keep from pitying you, and possibly 
showed you extra kindness because of his compassion. In my 
infancy his hand sprinkled upon my face the waters of baptism, and 
later broke for me the bread of my .first communion, and was laid 
upon my head in my ordination, and during all the intervening years, 
I had been receiving instruction from him, and I cannot but kindly 
and lovingly remember him. He was naturally a very modest and 
I think, in some respects, a timid man, but he had always the 
courage of his convictions, and was ready to stand boldly upon what, 
after conscientious examination, seemed to him the side of justice 
and right The question with him was not, what is most popular? or 
what will be most immediately profitable? but, what is right? what 
is in accordance with God's law? He was remarkably well informed, 
on all subjects. I think I never knew a man whose information was 
so general. He read on all subjects, and had a tenacious memory, 
and, I think, a kind of system by which he recalled things. I. have 
often asked him questions, and about many things, and never failed 
to get the information that I sought, though sometimes he would 
talk a long time before he came to the particular thing about 
which I had inquired. He talked easily, fluently, and always cor- 
rectly, never forgetting his grammar. His words and ideas flowed in 
a continual stream, as from an ever full fountain. I do not think he 
was ever at a loss for something to say, and yet I do not think I ever 
knew a man, to whose sermons an extra amount of study added 
more. He was always conscientious in his preparation for preach- 
ing, bu t sometimes when he had wrought, and re-wrought his sermons, 
they came, with every word polished, and every thought clear and 
wall defined, and were, in their composition, models of literary finish, 
and elegance of diction, and these, delivered with such wealth of feel- 
ing, that his utterance was half choked, tremulous, and sometimes for 
a moment suspended, until he could control his emotions, with no 
noise or bluster, but with that quietness that comes when feelings 
are too intense for noise and clamor, every word warm with passion, 
and wet with tears, could not but have effect for good upon all who 
heard them. He succeeded Mr. James H. Dickey, and, knowing 
what a man he was, he held him in great veneration and strove, and 
successfully, to nourish what he had planted, while he was himself 
sowing the same seed. A frequent expression of his, in preaching, 
and used to clinch the nails that he had driven, was, 'That is the 
doctrine which Brother Dickey preached, and which I try to preach," 
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Hugh Stewart Fullerton was born near Greencastle, Pennsyl- 
vania, February 6, 1805. He was descended from that Scotch-Irish 
stock that did and suffered so much for Christ and human freedom, 
and, transplanted to this country, has furnished so many men of 
mark, in all departments; and of that descent he was proud. He 
lived, while a boy, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on a farm, in Orange 
county, New York, and in the city of Baltimore, whence, his father 
having been unsuccessful in a business venture, the family removed 
to Fayette county, Ohio, in '1815. He made public profession of his 
faith, in Bloomingburgh church, when quite a youth, and soon after- 
ward taught a school in Frankfort. At that time Sunday-schools 
were- being established, and the good people thought that they should 
have one organized in that village, and Mr. Fullerton then, as 
always, interested in every good work, was ready to do what he could 
to make the enterprise a success. A meeting was called, and a 
number of persons attended to talk the matter over, among others 
Mr. Fullerton and my father. After deliberation and consultation, 
they all came to the conclusion that there was no man among them 
so well qualified for superintendent as " Granddaddy Somersett," a 
man universally respected and the most religious man in the 
town. The old man accepted the office. Then they began to choose 
teachers, when the new superintendent said that they would have 
two teachers to each class, so that any pleasant Sunday, if one of 
the teachers wanted to go hunting, the school work would not be 
interfered with. This seemed so reasonable a proposition that they 
all fell in with it. Then the superintendent put on his glasses, and 
taking a Testament in his hand, said that they must each read a few 
verses, and he would assign them to their classes, giving to each class 
two who read most alike, so that the scholars should not be confused 
by having teachers whose reading was different. Then he handed 
another Testament to Mr. Fullerton, and said he would begin with 
him. Not expecting such an ordeal, as Mr. Fullerton said when he 
told tho story, and seeing the old man looking so wise, he became 
confused and so embarrassed, in the august presence, that he read so 
that he supposed no one understood what he said. The old man 
called on my father to read next, and as he had recently come 
from Ireland, and had not yet got the brogue from his tongue, his 
reading was also hai'd to be understood. But the superintendent 
was delighted, and said that he had never heard two men read so 
much alike; so they were assigned to one class. He did not say 
whether either of them ever availed themselves of the hunting 
privilege. Mr. Fullerton attended college, v.t the Ohio University, 



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Dr. Wilson being, at the time, president of the institution. He 
studied theology under the direction of Dr. Crothers, whom he 
always held in highest esteem, and who had for him warmest love 
and affection. Although he was, as we have seen, for a time pastor 
at Union and Chillicothe, the greater part of his ministerial life was 
spent in the service of the Salem church, and excellent service he 
gave them. Not satisfied with the ordinary work of a minister, he 
was foremost in every public enterprise, and no good work was done 
in the neighbordood that was not guided by his eye and helped by 
his hand. Not many such things were done there, the doing of 
which did not originate with him, and which, if he had not been 
there, would not have been done at all. The Academy, that has 
proved a blessing to many, and lifted up the whole neighborhood, 
was the product of his thought and work and prayer; and, as long as 
he lived he carefully watched, and tended, and loved it. It was a vine 
of his planting, and to him it was a great delight when he saw fruit 
ripening upon it, or when the odor of its bloom filled the neighbor- 
hood with fragrance. His preaching, while full of instruction, was 
also most attractive in its style, and of that character that feels 
around men's hearts, and. persuades them to holiness, and nerves 
them for duty. To many of the boys, who came from different parts 
of the surrounding country and from the neighboring counties, to 
become students of the Academy, his preaching was a revelation. 
They thought that they had never heard preaching before, and they 
were right — they never had heard such preaching as he gave them. 
Used, many of them, to formal disquisitions, that however excellent 
they might be, of their kind, and instructive to those who would 
patiently listen, and were able to understand the technical, theo- 
logical words that were used, and had an idea, such as many of the 
excellent and solid elders and laymen, in that doctrinal age did have,' 
of what supralapsarian and sublapsarian, and the five points meant, 
yet to these boys they were dry as dust. .But here was a man alert, 
sprightly, who took hold of things, and so held them up that these 
boys and girls could see what they meant, and without pushing a 
whole system of theology, with all its rough points and fittings, down 
their throats at once, did, yet in quiet, pleasant, skillful manner, 
weave all the threads of doctrine through his discourse, and make its 
web, and then embroider and adorn it with fact and fancy, and make 
it glow with the golden luster of real, not simulated, feeling, until 
the whole system of the Calvinistic theology had become a garment 
beautifully fitting and adorning them, and which they were glad to 
put on and wear for all the remainder of their lives. It was inter- 



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esting to watch the new boys — many of them had been teaching 
school, and were men old enough to vote and. work the roads, but still 
we called them boys — it was interesting to watch them, when they 
came listlessly into church and then had their attention caught, and 
fixed and held. I do not suppose they knew what it meant, but it 
was the involuntary admiration that men have for a work of genius* 
as distinguished from that which they force themselves to have for a 
work of talent, and which they imagine is the very highest excel- 
lence, until they do happen to see that which genius has wrought 
Mr. Fullerton was a very hospitable man and his house was an 
exceedingly pleasant place to visit. I remember many delightful 
visits that I, a boy, made there, made pleasant, not only because of 
the nice times that I had with the children, but also of the kindness 
and pleasant condescension, to our capacity, of the head of the house 
I remember, too, especially, one great Christmas turkey, not only as 
brown and juicy, and cooked to a turn, it lay upon the smoking 
platter, upon the dinner table, around which we crowded and sat^ 
with folded hands, while Mr. Fullerton reverently craved God's 
blessing, and then what clatter of tongues arose while, with skillful 
use of the carving knife, he separated, for us, generous portions 
of the toothsome bird. There are no turkeys now so savory, so rich 
in juices, so delightful in solids. But I have also earlier recollec. 
tions of the great bird, that he had skillfully fed and fattened, with 
bearded breast and feathers glittering in the sunlight, with metallic 
shades of black, and dark green, and deep golden bronze, and head 
hooded with scarlet. W e boys looked upon it with admiring eyes 
and hungry desire, and then the evening before Christmas, we went 
out, Mr. Fullerton at the head of the little procession, to where the 
fowl was cooped, and carried it to the wood-house, where, with skill 
that showed he was not unaccustomed to such work, with one stroke 
of the axe, Mr. Fullerton severed its head from its body, and then 
locking upon it, as, beating its great wings, it turned and struggled 
in death, his tender sensibilities were aroused and, in almost the tone 
in which, in his sermons, he expressed pity for the unfortunate, 
he said, "Poor fellow! poor fellow! we have treated you badly." 
Things began to be almost too solemn for me, when Tom — I wonder 
if years and added dignity have made him forget how to say such 
things now — said, " I don't know, father; I think we have done all 
that could be done, for a turkey; we gave him benefit of clergy in 
his death." 

Thursday, Sep. 17, 1863, the Rev. John Barrett was ordained and 
installed pastor of Pisgah church, At South Salem, Dec. 23, 1863' 



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the pastoral relation between the Rev. Samuel D. Crothers and the' 
churches of Mount Leigh, Winchester and Eckinansville was dis- 
solved. 

In Presbytery, at Hillsborough, April 5-7, 1864, G. T. Crissinan 
was dismissed to the care of the Presbytery of Ro^k River, and 
Thomas Fullerton to the Presbytery of Cincinnati. Mr. Crissman 
was born iti Milroy, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1838, united with the 
Presbyterian church, at South Salem, October, 1856, was educated at 
Salem Academy and Miami University, graduating from the latter, 
July, 1860. After he was licensed, for some months he supplied 
Eckrnansville, Belfast, Sinking Spring and Piketon. In March, 1863, 
he went to Portage City, Ywsconsin, and supplied the church there, 
for a few months: was ordained by Rock River Presbytery, April 
1864, and ministered to the church at Morrison, Illinois, for fifteen 
years. In September, 1879, he moved to Nebraska, and established 
the church at Kearney, and, February, 1883, was elected Synodical 
missionary, for the Synod of Nebraska, in which capacity he served 
until he accepted a call to the church at Hastings, Nebraska, in 
November, 1835, since which time he has been pastor of that church- 
Mr. Fullerton had served as chaplain of the 17ih Ohio Volunteer 
Infantry, mustered into the service of the United States, from Sep- 
tember, 1861, to October, 1862. Then, after his father's death, he 
preached to the Salem Church, and continued his study of theology 
until the spring of 1864.. In May, 1864, he was ordained and 
installed pastor of the First Church of Walnut Hills, by the Presby- 
tery of Cincinnati. In November, 1866, he went to the First church 
of Springfield, Ohio. In 1870, he took the chair of Rhetoric and 
English Literature, in Wooster University. In October, 1872, he 
accepted a call to Park church, Erie, Pennsylvania, where he 
remained until September, 1884. Since which time his address has 
been, the Rev. Thomas Fullerton D. D., Pastor of the West street 
church, Georgetown, D. C. W. G. Hillman had leave to labor out of 
bounds. McKnight Williamson was made stated supply at Mar- 
shall. Wm. P. Eastman was now supplying Piketon, part of the 
time. R. C. Galbraith, Jr., accepted a call from Concord, and Wm. 
P. Eastman was appointed to preside and preach, J. A. I. Lowes to ' 
give the charge to the pastor and John Barrett to the people, at his 
installation, which was appointed for Saturday, June 18, and was 
then attended to. The following was adopted: "Whereas, the 
National government has promised protection to our missionaries, 
within our lines, in the Southern States, therefore, Resolved; That 
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many missionaries as practicable, to this field, giving special atten- 
tion to the wants of the Freedmen, who are providentially thrown 
upon our hands." 

At Eckmansville, May 10th and 11th, 1864, Mr. Eben Muse, who 
for a time had supplied Concord church, was received from the 
Presbytery of Ebenezer, as a licentiate, accepted calls from the 
churches of Mount Leigh and Eckmansville, and was assigned 2nd 
Cor. 4:7, for his trial sermon. ' He was ordained and installed pastor 
of Eckmansville, Wednesday, June 11, 1864. E. Grand Girard 
preached and presided, McKnight Williamson gave the charge to the 
pastor and John Barrett to the people. The Friday before the 
second Sabbath of June was appointed for his installation, at Mount 
Leigh, N. M. Urmston and Wm. Coleman to attend to it, arranging 
between themselves as to what part each should take. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, June 8, 1864, Alexander H. Young 
a licentiate of the Presbytery of Cincinnati, obtained leave to labor 
in our bounds. 

At Manchester, August 30th and 31st, 1864, S. D. Crothers 
who had been supplying the Greenfield church since he had left 
Mount Leigh and Eckmansville, accepted a call from that church, 
and McKnight Williamson was appointed to preside and preach, 
J. A. I. Lowes to give the charge to the pastor and John Barrett to 
the people, at his installation, the time for which was to be fixed by 
the committee. This installation was delayed, however, because of 
some trouble in the settlement with Mr. Wiseman, the former pastor 
of the Greenfield church. Mr. Wiseman thought that the church 
was indebted to him some four hundred dollars, and the church 
thinking that he had agreed to a reduction of salary, and holding his 
receipt in full, supposed that they had satisfied all just claims upon 
them, and the Presbytery held the same opinion as the church, but 
Mr. Wiseman, claimed that there had been no formal reduction in 
his salary, no congregational meeting in reference to it, and that the 
receipt was not "in full of all demands," but simply "in 
full;" which meant that the full amount of money, named 
in the receipt, had been received, and appealed to Synod from 
the decision of the Presbytery; and the Synod, taking his view of the 
situation, the church was directed to pay the claim, and did so. This 
delayed the presentation of the call to Mr. Crothers, and then his 
installation after he had accepted it, and so Mr. Crothers was not 
installed until in November, 1864, and when that time had come F 
W. Biggs presided and preached in place of McKnight Williamscu, 
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at the Manchester meeting, from the Presbytery of West Virginia, 
and accepted a call from the First church of Chillicothe, and R. C. 
Galbraith, Jr., was appointed to preside and preach, W. P. Eastman 
to give the charge to the pastor, and S. D. Orothers, to the people, at 
his installation, which was iixed for Wednesday, Sep. 21, 1864, when 
the different members of the committee performed the parts assigned 
them. Henry Weed Biggs D. D. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
vania, March 15, 1828, was taken into full membership in the First 
church at Cincinnati, to which city his father had removed to become 
a professor in Lane Seminary. He took his literary course in Cin- 
cinnati College, his theological at Princeton Seminary, a full course 
in each, was received under care of Presbytery of Cincinnati, June 
1849, licensed by that Presbytery, June, 1851, ordained by the Pres- 
bytery of Crawfordsville, April 10, 1852. His first charge was a 
mission field, Lebanon, Hopewell and New Prospect churches, 
in Indiana, where he labored from October. 1851, to the spring of 
1853. His second charge was Princeton, Indiana, from the spring 
of 1853, until January, 1855. July 6, 1855, he began to preach at 
Morgantown, West Virginia, where he continued until August 16, 
1864. 

For some reason the installation of Mr. Muse, at Mount Leigh, 
had been delayed, and Mr. Coleman was released from the committee, 
and Dr. Steel put in his place, and the time for his installation, was 
fixed for Monday, after the second Sabbath of September. Mr. 
TJrrnston was made stated supply at New Market, Brush Creek and 
Winchester. The Rev. John Wiseman was dismissed to the Presby- 
tery of Whitewater. Mr. Wiseman was born in 1801, in Lanark- 
shire, Scotland, near Strathavau. He was educated at Glasgow 
University, finishing his literary career in 1824, taking the degree of 
A. M., and his theological course at "Divinity Hall," in the same 
Institution, under the direction of the celebrated Dr. Ralph Ward- 
law, in 1827. He was licensed by the Congregational church, and 
ordained and installed, as co-pastor, with Dr Roby, of that church, in 
Manchester, England. Afterward he spent some time in Garlis- 
town, in the South of Scotland, whence he removed to Wick, an 
important seaport town in the North of Scotland and was, for a 
number of years, pastor of the Congregational Church, in that place. 
Then he removed to Arundel, in the South of England; while there 
the disruption of the church of Scotland took place, and Mr. Wise- 
man united with the Free Church of Scotland, and took charge of 
St. Peter's Scotch church, in connection with that body, in the city of 
Liverpool. In 1850, he came to the United States. He first located 




The Rev. II. W. Biggs. D.D. 

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at St.cmehouse Plains, New Jersey, as pastor of the Dutch Reformed 
church there. In 1853, he came to Ohio, and became pastor of the 
Presbyterian church, at Williamsburgh, in Clermont county. In the 
history of that county, it is said, " The Rev. John Wiseman was in 
charge of the Presbyterian church from 1853 to 1857, and was a man 
of great force of character." Then he came to our Presbytery and 
to the Greenfield church. Thence he removed to Rushville, Indiana, 
where he supplied the church until January, 1869, when he went, as 
stated supply, to Camden, Preble County, Ohio, remaining there 
nearly two years; then he went, as stated supply to the church, at 
Delhi, near Cincinnati, where he remained until April, 1873, when, 
on account of the infirmities of age, he was compelled to give up bis 
work. He died, at the house of his son, Mr. G. E. Wiseman, in 
Danville, Kentucky, May 2, 1876. He was buried in Fern Cliff 
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio. The pastor of the Rushville church 
says, "He served the church here, very acceptably, and he still has 
a warm place in the hearts of many of my people. " The pastor at 
Delhi says, " His memory is still green and honored by all who 
knew him. " Another writes, " I found him a very genial friend, a 
man of varied and extensive information, gifted with an extraordi- 
nary memory, well versed in theology, and an able and instructive 
preacher of the gospel. I visited him often, and always came away 
benefitted and refreshed. " The Cincinnati Gazette, in a notice of 
his death, speaks of him as "a man of considerable learning, and a 
preacher of more than ordinary ability. " 

The following, on Slavery, the State of the Country, and the 
Freedmen was adopted: "This Presbytery would record their satis- 
faction that the General Assembly, of our church, haye taken such 
ground, and so unanimously passed such action on the wicked 
system of American slavery, which has oppressed generations of our 
fellow men, whose bitter fruits have cursed our beloved land for so 
many years and which has culminated in the strenuous and base 
effort to rend in twain and destroy our government, bringing desola- 
tion and death into so many households, and all the miseries of a 
civil war. Therefore, we would express our gratitude to the great 
Head of the church, that our church now stands squarely upon the 
principles of human freedom, as taught in the blessed Word of God 
and which are in accordance with the spirit of our holy religion. 
We would also earnestly urge upon our people, not to slacken their 
efforts in the support of the government, in its efforts to overpower 
and break down the military and naval forces of the rebels now en- 
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this government, to establish a separate and distinct one within the 
territorial limits of the United States, whose principal foundation 
stone is said to be 'human bondage' and whose special mission, it 
ciaims for itself, is to perpetuate it to future generations, aod to 
extend it to other parts of our continent, hitherto consecrated to 
freedom and free labor. We feel also grateful that so many of 
these downtrodden and oppressed people, whose guilt with many is 
that God created them with a black skin, have already, through the 
chances of war, obtained their liberty; many of whom are doing, in 
various ways, good service in our country's cause, and for the expec- 
tation, that through like chances, those who remain, iD their chains, 
will be, in due time, liberated. In view of the fact that many of 
these people, being in a state of transition, from slavery to freedom, 
obtaining it in such a manner and at such a time, when the nation is 
convulsed, its industrial and commercial interests greatly deranged, 
especially where these people are mostly located, many must neces- 
sarily be dependent, for a time ac least, upon the government, and 
upon the benevolence of a christian and philanthropic public. We 
therefore hail, with pleasure, the action of the late Assembly, estab- 
lishing two committees, one East, the other West, to devote their 
time to furthering the temporal and spiritual interests of these 
Freedmen, and we would recommend, to all our churches, to sus- 
tain said committees, by their contributions. " Grand Girard and 
Lowes were the committee that prepared the above. A letter was 
received from the President of the Cincinnati branch of the U. S. 
Christian Commission and resolutions passed, approving the objects 
and commending the work of that commission and recommending 
libera] contributions to it. 

In Presbytery at South Salem, Nov. 9th and 10th, 1864, A. H. 
Young was received, from the Presbytery of Cincinnati, to the care 
of this Presbytery ; he accepted a call, and was ordained and installed 
pastor of the church, at South Salem. His trial sermon was from 
Heb. 11:1. McKnight Williamson preached and presided, R. W, 
Wilson gave the charge to the pastor and S. J. Miller to the people. 
The ordination was Nov. 10, 1864. 

Id Presbytery at Rocky Spring, April 4th and 5th, 1865, the 
Rev. Robert B. Herron was dismissed to the Presbytery of Cincin- 
nati The Rev. Elijah Kuhns, of the Presbytery of Columbus, was 
now supplying the Wilmington church, where he labored for a 
year or more. I remember this Rocky Spring Presbytery, princi- 
pally from the fact that Mr. Barrett and I were most hospitably 
entertained at the house of one of the members of the church and 



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were given a nice room, in which to stay, with a nice bed, in which 
we were expected to sleep, but in which we lay and talked for the 
greater part of the night. In the morning, with that politeness, 
which is natural to him, Mr. Barrett said to our host, " I trust our 
talking did not disturb you last night. " " Oh no, I did not mind 
it, "he replied, "but the old lady kept up an awful grumbling." 
Could it have been that our talk was the cause of the grumbling? 

In Presbytery at South Salem, June 6th, 1865, S. M. Irwin, a 
member of Salem church, was licensed. He had been taken under 
care of Presbytery at Greenfield, June 8th, 1864, and had given 
him, for parts of trial, for exegesis, u Quo modo peccator justificatus 
esr?" for critical exercise, Hebrews 7: 1-6; for popular lecture^ 
Psalm 23, and for sermon, John 3: 16, all of which were delivered, 
and he was licensed, Tuesday, June 6th, 1865. He was appointed 
to labor one month at Palace Hill, Sinking Spring, and Wilson's 
neighborhood on Sunfish, for which Presbytery was to pay him 
forty dollars. 

At Bloomingburgh, August 29th and 30th, 1865, the Rev. Eben 
Muse and Dr. Samuel Steel were appointed a committee to attend 
the next meeting of the Presbytery of Ripley, and express to them 
our fraternal congratulations, and our hope that the way may soon 
be clear for the reunion of the branches of the Presbyterian church , 
with which we are severally connected; and Messrs. E. Grand Girard, 
S. P. Dunham and Price Taylor were appointed a committee to draft 
resolutions for the action of Presbytery, expressing our views on the 
subject of reunion, which resolutions, when presented, were adopted, 
and are as follows: 1st. Resolved; That we rejoice at the increasing 
spirit of Christian union, in the different branches of the church 
of our common Lord, and feel in this, the work of Him whose 
last prayer on earth was, that His children might all be one, that 
the world might believe that He was sent out by the Father. 
2ad. Resolved; That the glory of Christ and the spirit of His 
gospel, on the one hand, in connection with the fearful increase of 
woridliness, infidelity, papacy, and the divisions of the various 
churches of our land, on the other hand, demand that there should 
be more unity among Christians, especially those who are substan- 
tially one in faith and practice. 3d. Resolved; That we reciprocate 
the fraternal sentiments of the neighboring Presbytery of Ripley, 
and feel grateful to the Head of the Church, in the hope that the 
different branches of the Presbyterian family will soon be one in 
spirit and in name. 4th, Resolved; That we adopt the sixth reso- 
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late meeting, mutatis mutandis: "that we recommend the churches 
at Red Oak, Winchester, Mount Leigh and Manchester, in connec- 
tion with this Presbytery, to use such means and adopt such measures 
as shall tend to union, at the earliest moment consistent with the 
best interests of said churches and their pastors, with the churches 
under the care of the Presbytery of Ripley, at their places." Dr. 
Steel, Mr. Grand Girard and Judge Samuel F. McCoy presented the 
following report on the state of the country, vvhich was adopted: 
"This Presbytery would fail in their duty to God and themselves, 
if thsy should not put on record, at this period of the history of 
the rebellion and civil war. which has brought so many calamities 
and such desolation upon us as a country, their heart-felt gratitude 
to the Ruler of the universe and the Governor of the nations of 
the world, for the success that has attended the efforts of our Gov- 
ernment in breaking down the armed power of this wicked rebellion. 
Therefore, we would devoutly and thankfully recognize His hand, 
in the removal of His just and holy indignation, which had been 
kindled against us, on account of our national and individual sins. 
These signal blessings were vouchsafed, we believe, in answer to the 
prayers of his people. In the hour of our distress we called upon 
Him, and He heard and was propitious unto us. He guided our 
armies and gave us the victory. The gratitude of this nation, more- 
over, ought to bring us under stronger obligations, if possible, to put 
away every evil, to remove every act of mjustice from our land, and 
to encourage the people to renew, or continue their earnest and 
fervent prayers unto him, for our rulers, that, in the final settlement 
of the various questions involved in the harmonious restoration of 
those States, v nee in rebellion, they may obtain that wisdom which 
cometh from on high, and which is the proper means to lead all those 
engaged, into a happy solution of all these intricate and difficult 
subjects. Therefore, 1st. Resolved; That we do now express our 
gratitude, for these auspicious results, to God, and would earnestly 
entreat Him to pour oat His spirit upon the people of this nation, 
in order to the production of a spirit of union and love, among 
all the inhabitants thereof, that oppression and strife and all clannish 
prejudices may cease, and that our civil rulers may be so directed, by 
the divine hand, as to become a terror to evil doers and a praise to 
those that do well. 2nd. Resolved; That we recommend to our 
people to pray and to labor for the spiritual good of those who, in 
the providence of God, have been, and are to be, delivered from the 
bondage under which they were, and are yet, held." John A. Putz 
was licensed. He had been taken under care of Presbytery as a can- 



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didate, in the meeting at Rocky Spring", April 4th and 5th, 1865, and 
had read aa English critical exercise, (not being a classical scholar,) 
delivered a lecture on Psalm 1, and a sermon from 1st Timothy, 1: 15, 
and was licensed, at Bloomiugburgh, Wednesday, August 30th, 1865. 

At Cincinnati, October 21-23, 1865, during the meeting of Synod, 
the relation existing between tne Rev. E. Muse and Mount Leigh 
and Eckmansville churches was dissolved. 

At Chillicothe. April 3-5, 1866, R. L. Stanton, D. D., was again 
received into the Presbytery, on a certificate, from the Presbytery of 
Transylvania, and was appointed a delegate to the General Assembly, 
which elected him for its Moderator, the only time that the Assembly 
has honored itself by choosing its presiding officer from the Presby- 
tery of Chillicothe. Indeed, for much of the time, the Assembly, I 
suppose, did not look with much favor upon the Presbytery, as cer- 
tainly the Presbytery did not upon it; but fortunately that feeling 
has passed away, and, I sincerely hope, forever. Robert Livingston 
Stanton, D. D., was born at Griswold, Connecticut, March 28, 1810. 
He graduated at the literary department of Lane Seminary, in 1834, 
was a student in the theological department of that institution, 1834- 
1836. He was ordained December, 1839, by Mississippi Presbytery, 
and was pastor at Pine Ridge, Mississippi, 1839-1841; at Woodville, 
1841-1844; New Orleans, Louisiana, 1844-1851; from 1851 to 1854 
President of Oakland College, Mississippi; pastor at Chillicothe 
1855-1862; Professor of Pastoral Theology and Homiletics in Dan- 
ville Theological Seminary 1862-1866; President of Miami University 
1866-1871. He did editorial work on the Independent in New York 
City, 1871-1872, aud on the Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati, 1872- 
1878. After this time he resided in Washington City, D. C, and 
died May 28, 1885, at sea, on his way to England, whither he was 
going hoping to restore his health. Dr. Stanton was a man of much 
learning, a good preacher, a warm friend and capable of doing many 
things well, not so remarkable for any special thing, but a man who 
could do good work in any department. He was an excellent pres- 
byter, and made one of the best presiding officers that ever moderated 
the General Assembly. It was a session that required great skill, 
coolness and self-possession, but even those who held directly 
opposite views from those which the Moderator was known to enter- 
tain, gave him great praise for the absolute impartiality with which 
he decided all points of order, and for his excellent performance of 
all the duties of Moderator. 

The name of the Brush Creek Church was changed to Belfast. 
The committee on the records of Greenfield church reported, "That 



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they "have examined the records and recommend that they be 
approved, as far as written, with the following exception : That the 
session transcended its power in refusing to receive Mr. LeFevre, 
an applicant for church privileges, who, according to the wording of 
the minutes of the session, "gave satisfactory evidence of the work 
of the Holy Spirit, upon his soul," because he declined to forsake 
the order of Odd Fellows, with which he was connected. (See 
Assembly's Digest, page 804.)" "Leave was granted to the Session 
of Greenfield, to add an explanatory minute in their book." The 
following in reference to the decease of the Rev. R. W. Wilson, 
was adopted: "It is our sad and painful duty to record the death, 
since our last meeting, of Brother Robert W. Wilson, a member of 
this Presbytery. Brother Wilson was the son of the late Rev. Robert 
Wilson, formerly a member cf the Washington Presbytery, of which 
the Presbytery of Chillicothe is but the continuation; he was born in 
Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, on the 12th day of July, 
1821, and was licensed to preach the gospel, by the Presbytery of 
Oxford, on the 23rd day of March, in the year 1843, and'was ordained 
to the work of the ministry by the same Presbytery, and installed 
pastor of the church of Bethel, in the bounds of that Presbytery. He 
removed within the bounds of our Presbytery in the year 1849, in 
the autumn of that year, and was engaged in teaching, for two years, 
in the Academy, at South Salem, in connection with the Rev- J. A. I, 
Lowes. Having received a call from the church of Bloomingburgh, 
in this Presbytery, he was installed there as co-pastor, with the 
late Rev. Wm. Dickey, and at the death of the latter, he became sole 
pastor of that church, in which relation he continued till his death, 
which occurred on the 31st day of October, in the year 1865. He 
was a brother beloved, and in his death we are admonished that what- 
ever work remains for us to do. in the cause of Christ, must be done 
quickly, for soon we too, must cease from our labors." 

I was a student at the Academy, when Mr. Yv ilson taught there. 
He was a remarkably pleasant man, beloved by all his pupils, a 
saintly man, whose piety, while not obtrusive, you felt to be real, a 
part of him, not put on like a garment. He was a thoroughly good 
man, no one disputed, or doubted this. Modest and retiring, he was 
yet always ready to do his part and was found ever at his place. A 
consistent, honest, earnest, christian man, he was of great usefulness 
wherever he lived, and much beloved by the people to whom he 
ministered, who sincerely moivrned his departure. 

In Presbytery, at South Salem, May 15, 1866, the Rev. Edward 
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call h'om Blooiningburgh Church. S, J. Miller was appointed to 
preside and preach, S. D. Crothers to give the charge to the people, 
and H. W. Biggs to the pastor, at his installation, which was 
appointed for the last Thursday of. Jane. The relation between the 
Rev. S. J. Mdler and the Washington church was dissolved, at his 
request. Joha Lambert Gage, a member of Concord Church, and 
son of the late Rev. Wm. Gage, was licensed. He had been 
assigned when Presbytery met at Salem, June 6, 1865, for an exe- 
gesis, '"Quae est Sa notification", for critical exercise, Phil. 3: 8-15, 
for lecture, Ps. 47: 1-6, for popular serrnou, Rom. 12: 1; he read and 
delivered these and was licensed May 15, 1866. 

At Red Oak, August 28th and 29th, 1866, the Rev. Herman 
Veith, who had been laboring among the German people, at Ports- 
mouth, was dismissed to the Presbytery of Hocking, in whose bounds 
his work was. Dr. Stanton was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Oxford. H. W. Biggs, A. H. Young and ruling elder, D. Dustman, 
who had been appointed, at the last stated meeting, reported that 
they had organized a church, in Chillicothe, to be known as "The 
German Presbyterian church of Chillicothe," and John A. Putz, was 
ordained, as an evangelist, and appointed stated supply to that 
church. At his ordination, Dr. Steel presided and gave the charge, 
and the Rev. A. H. Young preached. S. J. Miller was continued 
supply at Wilmington and New Holland. Mr. LeFevre was 
requested to sell the church building at Russelville, and place the 
net proceeds in the hands of the Treasurer of the Presbytery. The 
following resolutions were adopted: '"Resolved ; 1st. That we cordially 
approve of the initiatory steps toward re- union, taken by both the 
Assemblies which met, at St. Louis, during last May and June. 
Resolved; 2d. That as a Presbytery we recommend to our churches and 
people, to pray that the Head of the Church may send his Holy 
Spirit, for wisdom and guidance to the committees of conference, 
appointed by these Assemblies, that he may also incline the hearts of 
the members of each branch towards each other, and that all the 
hindrances a ad difficulties in the way of organic union, may soon be 
entirely removed." Salathiel Milton Irwin was dismissed to the care 
of the Presbytery of South Missouri. Mr. irwin was bom at South 
Salem, Nov. 23, 1836, joined the Salem Church, April 12, 1851, pie- 
pared for college, at Salem Academy, graduated at Hanover, Indiana, 
iD 1861, and irorn Princeton Theologica . Seminary in 1866. He was 
ordained by the Presbytery of South West Missouri, at Deepwater, 
Nov. 25, 1866, was stated supply at Little Osage, one year. Septem- 
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Neosho Falls churches, and also of Geneva Academy until 1874. He 
was installed pastor of Geneva church October 1, 1873, for half time; 
in 1872, January 7, he organized the church of Liberty, and since 
then has given it half his time; was stated supply at Neosho Falls 
from 1867-70, and from 1875-78. He is marked in the minutes for 
1888 as pastor at Geneva, and has been longer in his present field of 
labor than any minister in Kansas. He has done a good deal of 
home missionary work, and has preached once a month and at 
times every two weeks, at Fairview, Lee Roy and Carlyle. He has 
worked hard and enjoyed it, has good health and a pleasant home, 
and I trust that he, and all the others who have gone out from our 
Presbytery, young men, will be abundantly successful even to a good 
old age. 

At Xenia, Ohio, October 19th and 20th, 1866, during the meet- 
ing of Synod, Presbytery met, and the Rev. Eben Muse was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Independence. Mr. Muse ^as born 
in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1839. He studied, 
for a time, at Hanover Colleg-e, Indiana, where he joined the church, 
in April 1858; but graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ken- 
tucky, with the class of I860; he took part of his theological course 
at Danville, and the latter part at Alleghany. For a while he served 
during the war as a private, in the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment, but 
was disabled and honorably discharged. He was licensed by the 
Presbytery of Ebenezer, April 11, 1863, and ordained by Chillicothe 
Presl>ytery, May 11. 1874 After leaving our Presbytery he preached 
at Warrensburgh, Missouri, from 1866 to 1870; at Centreville, 
Indiana, from 1870 to 1872; at Findlay, Ohio, from 1872 to 1875: at 
Gallipolis, from 1876 to 1879; at Newport, Kentucky, from 1879 to 
1889; at the First Church, San Francisco, California, from 1881 to 
1882; at Mount Vernon, Illinois, from 1882 to 1884; at Metropolis, 
Illinois, from 1884 to 1886, and in 1887, went to Quincy, Massachusetts, 
where he now preach es.- 

At Greenfield, April 2nd and 3rd, 1867, the Stated Clerk and 
A. H. Young were appointed a committee "to write to the churches 
that were a year, or more, behind in paying their pastors, and to 
urge them to settle at once." Thus even so short a time ago, such 
sinful neglect, if not a common, was at least not an unknown sin. 
The next stated meeting was appointed to be held, at Winchester, on 
the last Tuesday of August, at two o'cJock, and the Presbytery of 
Ripley, New School, was invited to meet at the same time and place. 
Mr. Urmston was made stated supply, at Belfast, for half his time. 
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upon record the location of its supplies. Henry C. Johnsoo was 
licensed. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Hillsborough Church, 
and had been taken under the care of Presbytery, at Bloomingburgh, 
August 29th and 30th, 1865. He had assigned, for Latin exegesis, 
"Estne Christus Dens?"; critical exercise, Rom. 5:18? lecture, Ps. 15, 
and popular sermon Rom. 8: 5. Having passed all his parts of trial, 
he was licensed Wednesday, April 3, 1867. Mr. Johnson was born, 
in Hillsborough, October 15, 1843, graduated from Miami University 
with the class of 1865, studied theology at the Western Theological 
Seminary, Alleghany, and at the North West Theological Seminary,. 
Chicago, and is now Rector #f the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
Newark, Ohio. 

At Washington, C. H., Tuesday, June 11, 1867, the Rev. Geo. Car- 
penter was received from the Presbytery of Columbus, accepted a 
call from the Washington Church, and was installed. The Rev. 
S. P. Dunham presided and preached, Edward Cooper delivered the 
charge to the pastor and R. C. Galbraith, Jr., to the people. Mr. 
Carpenter was born May 9, 1826, in Delaware County, Ohio; he was 
received into the Presbyterian Church at Worthington, Ohio, on 
profession of his faith, took his college course at Ohio Wesleyan 
University, Delaware, Ohio, and his theological, at Cincinnati under 
Drs. Rice, Hoge, MofPatt and Lord. (The Theological School at 
Cincinnati was the beginning of Danville Seminary.) He was 
licensed by the Columbus Presbytery, in the spring of 1853, and 
ordained by the same, and installed over Mount Pleasant Church, in 
Kingston, Ohio, in 1855. He had preached a few months as licen- 
tiate in Amanda and Tarlton; he went from Kingston after a twelye 
years pastorate, to Washington C. H, where he was installed as 
above. John L. Gage, a licentiate, was dismissed to the care of the 
Presbytery of Southern Minnesota. Mr. Gage was ordained by the 
Presbytery to which he was dismissed, in 1867. The Presbytery is 
now called Winona. With the exception of three years spent in Ohio, 
he has been a Home Missionary since leaving our Presbytery, 
laboring for the most part in Minnesota and Colorado, but now 
in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. 

Winchester, August 27th and 28th, 1867; this meeting, which 
was held at the same time and place with the meeting of the 
Ripley Presbytery, as had been proposed by our Presbytery, and 
agreed to by the other, was opened with a sermon by the Rev. 
H. W. Biggs, from Isaiah 65: 20. and this was preached to both 
Presbyteries assembled, in the New School Church, at Winchester, 
and was the opeping seroion for both Presbyteries. I think that Mr. 



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Biggs here performed a feat rarely equaled: opened two Presbyteries 
belonging to separate and distinct organizations, with one sermon, 
once delivered. Somo of us, who were present, still remember the 
welcoming address of the pastor of the New School Church, the 
Rev. Mr. Vandyke, and the kindly welcome of all the people, who 
seemed rejoiced at this promise and sign, of the re-union that was to 
follow. After the opening service, the Ripley Presbytery remained 
and held their sessions in the N. S. Church, while the Presbytery of 
Chillicothe met in the Baptist church of the village, which was 
kindly offered for their use, the building of the Old School Church 
not being in proper condition, as the two churches had gone together 
and repaired, for their joint use, the New School building, suffering 
the other to become dilapidated, and possibly taking fiom it such 
things as they could use. The North Fork Church, recently 
in connection with the Ripley Presbytery, Free Church, was 
taken under care of Presbytery, and John Steel, their elder, took his 
seat as a member. The Rev. Isaac W. Atherton, from the Cedar 
Rapids Presbytery, N. S., was received into the Presbytery. The 
Rev. S. J. Millar was appointed evangelist, in the Northen part of 
Presbytery, including the church of New Holland, and the eastern 
part of Clinton County. The relation between the Union Church, 
and the Rev. W. P. Eastman, was dissolved at his request. It was 
"Resolved; That pastors and sessions be enjoined to supervise the 
books introduced into their Sabbath Schools, and purge the libraries 
of books teaching for doctrines what is contrary to the standards of 
our church, and the usage and order which we regard as according to 
the Word of God, and that, in the selection of books, precedence be 
always given to the publications of the Board." David Welsimer 
appealed from a decision of the session of the Greenfield Church, 
in which decision, they had, although expressing confidence in his 
christian character, refused to receive him to membership, on a 
certificate from another church, in our body, because he belonged to 
the Masonic Fraternity. After a vote was taken, sustaining the 
appeal, the vote standing sustained, 15, Dot sustained, 10. the fol- 
lowing minute was offered and adopted: Resolved; That the appeal 
be sustained, and the member restored to communion: 1st. Because 
we have no evidence furnished as that Mr. Welsimer's connection 
with the Free Masons has led him into any such act of transgression 
as demands exclusion from the sacraments of the church. 2nd. In 
sustaining tlais appeal, Presbytery does not thereby approve of the 
order of Free Masons, or of any other of the Secret Societies. We 
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religious, that, do not harmonize with the gospel system and therefore 
we advise our church members to have no connection with them. 
The Session appealed to Synod, which sustained the Presbytery. 

In Presbytery at Hillsborough, April 7th and 8th, 1868, the Rev. 
Isaac W. Atherton was dismissed to the Presbytery of California. 
Mr. Atherton was born at Milton, Massachusetts, Decemher 27, 
1827, graduated at Beloit College, Wisconsin, with the class of 1855; 
at Auburn Seminary, New York, in 1859; was licensed by Rochester 
Association, Congregational, May, 1859, and ordained by Iowa City 
Presbytery, N. S., in September, 1859; was pastor of N. S. Pres- 
byterian Church, Cedar Rapids, until December 1st, 1863. He 
supplied them a few months before his ordination, beginning 
his service there June 1, 1859. He was pastor at Brimfield, 
Illinois, from January 1, 1865, to January 1, 1867, in the Congrega- 
tional Church; supplied at Red Oak, Ohio, from April 1, 1867, 
to April 1, 1868. He has been in California since May 1868, 
with the exception of three years spent in preaching and 
teaching in Kohala, Hawaii, S. I. In California he has served 
several churches, from three to four years each, and is now pastor 
elect of Covelo, Presbyterian Church, Benicia Presbytery, having 
located there in August, 1886. 

E. Grand Girard was authorized to sell the Russelville church 
property, for one dollar, to the New School Church, in the same 
village, to be used for church purposes. It does not appear that 
this sale was effected, for in the meeting at Concord, in September 
1868, it was resolved, that this Presbytery hereby expresses its wil- 
lingness to transfer all its claims to the church property to the 
Presbyterian Church, at Russelville, of the Presbytery of Ripley." 
The Revds. Robert Young and J. A. Gray obtained leave to labor in 
the bounds of Presbytery until the next stated meeting. There is no 
account of where they labored, in the records, but I remember that 
Mr. Young preached at North Fork and Union, and Mr. Gray, for a 
time, at Greenland. At this Presbytery, the full consummation of the 
Union of the Old and New School churches at Manchester, was 
reported, the two having become one church and been taken under 
the care of the Ripley Presbytery. 

Moses D. A. Steen and Andrew V. Stout were licensed. Mr. 
Steen was first taken under care of Presbytery, at Hillsborough, 
April 1st and 2nd, 1862; and at Winchester, August 27th and 28th, 
1867, had assigned him for Latin exegesis, " An fides justified sine 
operibusf'; for critical'exercise, Rom. 9:1-5; for lecture, Gal. 4: 22-31, 
and for sermon, Isa. 53: 5, and having passed all his parts of trial, he 



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was licensed Wedoesday, April 8, 1868, at Hillsborough. Mr. Stout, a 
member of the Salem church, was taken under care of Presbytery at 
Red Oak, August 28th and 29th, 1866, and in Presbytery at Green- 
field, April 2nd and 3rd, 1867, had assigned him as parts of trial: for 
Latin exegesis " Estne fides Dei donumf"; for critical exercise, 1st 
Tim. 4:10; for lecture, Ps. 138: 4-8, and for sermon, Ps. 3: 2-3. 
Having passed all his parts of trial, he was licensed at the same 
time with Mr. Steen. At the next meeting of Presbytery, after his 
licensure, in Concord church, he was dismissed to the care of the 
Presbytery of Kansas. Mr. Stout was born in Pickaway County, 
near Circleville,, Ohio, January 30, 1837, was educated at Salem 
Academy, where he also taught for a number of years, doing excel- 
lent work as a teacher. He was two years at the Theological Semi- 
nary in Chicago. (Now McCormick Seminary.) In May, 1868, he 
went to Kansas, and took charge of the churches of Clinton and 
Marion: he was ordained and installed at Clinton, Nov. 20, 1868, and 
served these churches six years; then he accepted an invitation to 
the churches of Black Jack and Baldwin City, where he remained 
eight years, and assisted in building two houses of worship, and or- 
ganizing two churches, and secured a comfortable manse for Bald- 
win City. He then went to Edgerton, where he was pastor four 
years and two months. Daring his stay the church increased much 
in numbers and spirituality, and built a parsonage. Then in 1886, 
he went to Olathe, a rapidly growing suburb of Kansas City. In the 
Minutes of 1888, he is marked as stated supply at Olathe and Spring 
Hill, at -which latter place he preaches one- fourth of his time, but 
Olathe expects shortly to have all of his time. During the more 
than twenty years since he left us, he has missed but five or six ap- 
pointments because of sickness, and has been all the time in the 
same Presbytery. 

In Presbytery at Concord, Sep. 1st and 2nd, 1868, the Rev. R. H. 
Jackson was received from the Presbytery of Crawford sville. He 
had .come to teach in an Academy, then at Bloomingburgh, and 
under the control of the church there. John E. Carson was received 
from the Presbytery of New Lisbon, accepted a call from the Red 
Oak church, and Messrs. Grand Girard, Young and Urmston were 
appointed a committee to install him, but neither the time for the 
service, nor the parts that were to be taken, by the different members 
of the committee, are noted ; at a later meeting of Presbytery, how- 
ever, the committee reported that they had attended to his installa- 
tion. Mr. Miller was made stated supply, at Wilmington^ for half 
his time. Presbytery voted on the articles in the ''Basis of Re- 



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union," sent down by the General Assembly, and ratified most of 
them, but sent up the following overture: "Resolved; That we 
request the General Assembly of 1869, to adopt such measures as in 
its wisdom may be deemed best to secure the concurrence of the 
General Assembly of the other branch in amending the basis, so as 
to secure re-union, upon the common standards, without qualification, 
which have been, from the first, the basis of both churches." The 
following was also adopted: "Whereas, God in his providence, seems 
to be opening the way for the re-union of the various branches of the 
Presbyterian church, and as an expression of the views of this 
Presbytery on this subject, Resolved; That this Presbytery is in 
favor of the 'Philadelphia Basis' as a just and equitable foundation 
upon which we can meet the brethren of all the branches of the 
Presbyterian church." 

In meeting of Presbytery, held during the session of Synod, 
Oct. 16, 1868, the relation between the Rev. Edward Cooper and the 
Bloomingburgh church was dissolved, and Mr. Cooper was dismissed 
to the Presbytery of Highland. The Rev. Edward Cooper D. D. 
was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., graduated at Union College 
when Dr. Nott was president, read law awhile and after spending a 
few years in teaching, became editor of "The Teachers' Advocate," 
organ of the New York State Teachers' Association ; then of the 
Syracuse Daily Journal. While President of a Female College in 
Tennessee, he was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of the 
Western District, pastor of the church at Brownsville, where he 
remained until March, 1861; thence to Monroe, Butler county, Ohio, 
in charge of the church and Academy there, until he was appointed 
chaplain of the 8th O. V. C. and at the close of the war he became 
pastor in Bloomingburgh, and had also charge of the Academy there. 
After leaving our Presbytery he went to Atchinson as pastor 
of the church there, thence to Cincinnati as District Superin- 
tendent of the Missionary Department of the Board of Pub- 
lication, and then for rive years, editor of the St. Louis Evan- 
gelist, continuing there until the time when the paper was changed 
to the Mid Continent. The relation between the Rev. McKnight 
Williamson and the Rocky Spring church was dissolved. R. J. 
Hall was received from the Presbytery of Miami. 

At South Salem, April 13th and 14th, 1869, H. W. Biggs, and 
elder John R. Allston, were appointed a committee to organize a 
church at Massieville, if the way be clear. Alexander H. Young was 
dismissed to the, Presbytery of Hamilton, N. S., and R. J. Hall to the 
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present this certificate of dismission, for in Presbytery at Cbillicothe, 
Aj>ril 5, 1870, he gave by letter reasons ^r his absence and in the 
minutes of the ineetiug at Cincinnati, Oct. 21, 1870, during session 
of Synod, the following appears: "Rev. A. H. Young, having been 
received by the Presbytery of Dayton, on a certificate granted by 
the old Presbytery of Chillicothe, his name was dropped from our 
roll." The Rev. Alexander H. Young was born at Louisville, Ky., 
Feb. 13, 1838, graduated from Miami University, with the class of 
1859; from Lane Seminary, in 1863; supplied the churches of Monroe 
and Felicity, during part of 1863; was called to the Salem church in 
the spring of 1864; ordained by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, and 
installed in the church at South Salem, Nov. 8, 1861; left South 
Salem Feb. 28, 1869; preached to the Oxford church, N. S., 
from March 21 to Sep., 1869; to the United church, at Oxford, 
from Nov., 1869, to January, 1872; to the Greenville, New Jersey, 
Dutch Reformed Church, from 1872 to 1881, and at Newton, New 
Jersey, to the Presbyterian Church of which he is now pastor, since 
1883. The following on Re- union of O. S. and N. S. was adopted: 
"Whereas both branches of the Presbyterian church, have expressed 
their agreement in doctrine and polity; and whereas their reunion, 
without unnecessary delay is highly desirable, therefore. Resolved; 
That we would cordially approve of reunion on the basis of our com- 
mon standards, pure and simple, leaving all matters which have 
been subjects of negotiation between the two bodies, to be after- 
ward settled by the united church. Resolved; 2nd, That the above 
preamble and resolution be sent up to the General Assembly with 
the action taken last fall, on the basis sent down to the Presby- 
teries, by the General Assembly, with instructions that we are wil- 
ling to unite with the other branch, on either of the papers as a 
basis of union, our preference being the paper adopted at the 
present meeting. Robert N. Adams, a member of the Greenfield 
church and graduate of Miami University, and who had been a 
Brigadier General, in the late war, was taken under care of Presby- 
tery, passed all his parts of trial, the subjects of none of which are 
recorded, and was licensed April 14, 1869. The Missionary Field, 
in the eastern part of Clinton county, including Reesville and 
BJoomington, was recommended for aid to the Board of Domestic 
Missions, for six months from March 14, 1869, to the amount of 
fifty dollars, in support of the Rev. S. J. Miller. 

At Concord, Tuesday May 11, 1869, the Rev. Norman Jones 
was received from the Presbytery of Miami and accepted calls from 
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May 21st. Messrs. Prestley, Crothers, Biggs and Platter were 
appointe d to attend to it, with no assignment of the parts they were 
severally to take. The Rev. R. K. Campbell and the United 
Presbyterian Church, Greenfield, were received, on certificates of 
dismission from the U. P. Presbytery of Chillicothe. This church 
is now again in its old connection. The Rev. W. H. Prestley and 
the United Presbyterian church of Chillicothe, were also received 
on similar certificates, from the same Presbytery. The names of 
these ministers were put upon our roll and the churches enrolled 
as the Sycond Presbyterian Church of Greenfield, and the Third 
Presbyterian church of Chillicothe. The Chillicothe Church now 
received, was organized about the year 1806, under the care of the 
Presbytery of Kentucky, subordinate to the General Synod of the 
Associate Reformed Church. It had remained without a pastor 
until January 31, 1811, when the Rev. Samuel Crothers was ordained 
and installed pastor of the united congregations of Chillicothe and 
Hop Ruq, which latter was the same church that, with a new name, 
had now been received, the United Presbyterian Church of Green- 
field. In 1813 Mr. Crothers gave his whole time to Hop Run and in 
June, 1814, the Rev. John I^IcFarland was ordained and installed in 
the Chillicothe Church. Mr. McFarland continued until 1820, when 
he resigned and united with the Presbyterian Church, at about the 
same time with Mr. Crothers, whose classmate he had been ia the 
Theological Seminary. In the Spring of 1825 the Rev. Joseph 
Olaybaugh was ordained and installed pastor. He remained until he 
resigned in 1839, at the call of Synod, to becom9 the able and efficient 
teacher, in the Theological Seminary, at Oxford, Ohio. He was 
the whole Seminary, filling every chair and doing his work 
exceedingly well. He was indeed a very remarkable man and 
served well his day and generation. In November, 1843, the Rev. 
Wm. T. Finley, D. D., until recently, for many years, pastor of 
the Central Presbyterian Church, Newark, New Jersey, was installed 
pastor, and continued in that relation for twelve years. In Novem- 
ber, 185G, the Rev. Wm. H. Prestley was installed pastor and 
came with the church, as above, into our Presbytery. Thomas 
Ghormley, a ruling elder of the Third church was also enrolled and 
took his seat as a member of Presbytery. The following resolution 
on re-urion was adopted, at this Concord meeting: ''Resolved; That 
we hereby, on our part, authorize the Assembly to consummate the 
Union, at their coming meeting, without handing down the basis 
again to the Presbyteries." 

Of the Session of the Third Church at this time received into 

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out Presbytery, Wm. H. Prestly, the moderator, (who is further 
spoken of elsewhere,) Peter Platter and James Thompson are still 
liviug, while Joseph W. McCague, James T. Bonner and Thomas 
Ghormley have entered upon their reward. 

Peter Platter was born November 21, 1804, at Locust Grove, 
Adams County, Ohio. He has been all his life actively engaged in 
farming, is a man of fine business capacity, of much general intel- 
ligence and specially skillful in all things connected with farming 
and stock raising. He has always merited and held the respect of all 
his friends and neighbors for the uprightness and consistency of 
his life and is held in affectionate esteem by all who know him 
for his kindly feeling and genial pleasantness of manner. He was 
elected and ordained an elder in the Third Church November 
22, 1838. Thoroughly indoctrinated and sincerely believing the 
confession of Faith to be in accordance with the teachings of the 
Word of God, ne has been ever a loyal member of the church and 
a most liberal giver to its support. 

James Thompson was born in Carrickfergus, county of Antrim, 
province of Ulster, Ireland. He was ordained elder in the Third 
church, April 2nd, 1865. A man of good judgment and sterling 
principle he performed well the duties of his office, and his depart- 
ure, when he m oved to Edge wood, Effingham county, Illinois, where 
he now resides, was much regretted. He was a blacksmith by 
trade and a thorough going Presbyterian by profession and prac- 
tice. He was thoroughly loyal to the country of his adoption. 
During the civil war a man entered his shop and uttered disloyal 
sentiments whereupon Mr. Thompson laid aside his apron, and the 
tools with which he had been working, and administered to the man 
a complete castigation. The. Third church, then in connection with 
the United Presbyterian church, having listened to a course of lect- 
ures, by the pastor, Mr. Prestly, on the book of Psalms, concluded to 
"praise God with organs;" when Mr. Thompson was solicited for a 
subscription to purchase an instrument, he replied: "Well, if you've 
concluded tc worship God by machinery, I'll help if you'll get a 
good machine." He was a faithful member and officer and is 
still held in grateful remembrance by all his old friends and 
acquaintances in the church. 

Joseph W. McCague was born at Sinking Spring, Ohio, August 
5, 1818, graduated at Miami University, with the class of 1839, 
studied law and was admitted to, but did not engage in its practice, 
having turned his attention to merchandizing in which he was 
engaged in Chillicothe for a number of years. He died Sabbath 




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April 3. 1881. To him, religion meant a great deal, and he sincerely 
endeavored to shape Bis life by its precepts. He was an earnest 
consistent Christian with charity for all, but with special love for his 
own church. On the morning of April 2ud, 1857, the congregation of 
of the Third church were greatly distressed, their church was 
burned, and they knew not what to do. This distress was greatly 
relieved when they discovered that, without having mentioned the 
fact to any one, Mr. McCague had, at his own expense, insured the 
house for seven thousand dollars. He is still greatly missed in the 
church whose spiritual interests he guarded as carefully as he did 
its temporal. Mr. McCague was ordained elder in the Third Church, 
then the U. P. Church of Chillicothe, April 2nd, 1865. 

James T. Bonner was born July 18, 1814. Like all the other 
members of the Session he was a thorough going Presbyterian, 
positive in his convictions, and controlled in his life by sense of 
duty. In his own family, and also in that of his wife, whose father 
and grand father were elders there were five generations who have been 
connected with the Third church. Mr. Bonner was well established 
in, and held with strong grasp, the great doctrines that underlie all 
holy living and quicken and nerve men for the duties of this life and 
prepare them to boldly meet the future. He was a man of strong 
convictions and consistent living, and died, as he had lived, with 
abiding faith in God and in the plan of salvation. He was ordained 
an elder in the Third church April 2nd, 1865. He died May 3, 1884. 

Thomas Ghormley was born in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, 
July 6th, 1799. For many years he was engaged in merchandizing, 
for two terms he was Treasurer, and for two terms Sheriff of Ross 
county; no man ever doubted his honesty, or his courage, tie did 
^ell and faithfully whatever he undertook. He was fond of music 
and, understanding its principles thoroughly and having a most 
pleasant voice, for fifty years he led the church's music, with great 
skill and to universal acceptance. He was ordained elder in the 
Third church November 22, 1838, and performed well the duties of 
the office and was in every way worthy to be associated with the many 
men of strong convictions and consistent living, of intelligence and 
judgment, who have, in the Chillicothe Presbytery, been elders in 
the various churches— men who thought for themselves and were 
not mere figure heads in the government of the church. I only 
wish that 1 were able to give fuller accounts of many of those men 
of this Presbytery, who have magnified and are now magnifying the 
office of ruling elder, and in it serving well their day and generation." 
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In Presbytery at Bainbridge, August 31 and September 1, 1869, 
fche Rev. H. W. Biggs reported a church organized, at Massieville, 
with 31 members, called, West Scioto Presbyterian Churm, and 
Benjamin Chestnut, an elder from that church, took his seat as a 
member of Presbytery. Mr. M. D. A. Steen was.dismi3sed to :he care 
of the Presbytery of Columbus. Moses Duncan Alexander Steen 
D. D. was born near West Union. Ohio, April 24, 1841. Ho united 
with the O. S. Church at Mount Leigh, of which his fathei, Aaron 
F. Steen, was an elder. He spent three years at Salem Academy, 
and graduated from Miami University, June 27, 1866, and from 
the Theological Seminary of the 'North West, at Chicago, April 1, 
1889. In 1853, he was for a time in the Seminary, at Princeton. He 
was ordained, at Vevay, Indiana, by the Presbytery of New Albany, 
September 8, 1870. In his summer vacation, 1868, he preached at 
Mount Sterling and Sharpsburgh, Kentucky. He was stated supply 
at Worthington, Ohio, 1869-70; and at Vevay, Indiana, 1870-72; 
pastor at Solon, Ohio, 1872-3 and at Conneautville, Pennsylvania, 
1873-4; stated supply, Waterford, Pennsylvania, 1874-75; pastor at 
Ludlow, Kentucky, 1875-81; stated supply at Pleasant Bidge, Cin- 
cinnati Presbytery, 1881-82. In September, 1882, he accepted an 
invitation to Davisville, California, but a few months after beginning 
his labors there, was called back, by severe affliction and de.ith, at the 
old homestead. In September, 1883, he accepted a call to the 
Tabernacle church, Gunnison, Colorado, where h« remained a year 
and then was stated supply at Black Hawk, Colorado, 1884-85, and 
at Snohomish, Washington Territory, 1885 and '86. In May, 1886, 
he accepted an invitation from the Bethel church, Wocdbridge, 
California, Presbytery of Stockton, of which church he is still stated 
supply, so marked in the Minutes of 1888. The Bev. John Woods 
was received from the Presbytery of Sidney and made stated supply, 
at Bloomingburgh. S. J. Miller was continued in Clinton county, 
including Beesville and Bloomington; Grand Girard at New Market, 
for one year; Eastman at Palace Hill, part of his time; andMcKnight 
Williamson at Marshal and Cynthiana. Deeming his case an extra- 
ordinary one Diogenes Caron was licensed, with intention that he 
should preach to the French Church, and he turned out, like most 
such, an extraordinary man. The overture sent down by the Gen- 
eral Assembly, submitting to the Presbytery for its action, the Basis 
of re-union of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of 
America, was considered, and the vote being taken by calling the roll, 
the question contained in the overture was unanimously answered in 
the affirmative and the Basis of re-union was thereby approved. 



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la Hamilton, Ohio, during the session of Synod, Presbytery 
met, October 22, and also October 25, 1866. At this time the church 
of Fall Creek was received under care of Presbytery, on certificate of 
dismission from the Presbytery of. Chillicothe, of the U. P. Church. 
The Rev. W. J. McSurely was received from the Presbytery of Cin- 
cinnati, and accepted a call to become co-pastor, with Dr. Steel, at 
Hillsborough; R. K. Campbell was appointed to preach and deliver 
the charge to the people and S. D. Crothers to the pastor, at his 
installation, the time for which was to be fixed by the parties and 
did take place December 1, lo69. William Jasper McSurely D. D. 
was b^rn in Adams county, Ohio September 1, 1834. He was 
brought up in the Associate Reformed church, and entered into its 
communion in March, 1853. He graduated from Miami University 
in 1856, and studied theology in the Associate Reformed Theological 
Seminary at Oxford, Ohio, was licensed by the Chillicothe Presbytery 
of the Associate Reformed Church, April 11, 1888, and ordained at 
Oxford, Ohio, by the First Presbytery of Ohio of the United Presby- 
terian Church, May 3, 1859; was pastor of the U. P. Church, at 
Oxford, for nearly nine years; then went to the U. P. Church at 
Kirk wood, Illinois, where he labored fifteen months, then united 
with the Presbytery of Cincinnati O. S. and preached at Loveland, 
Ohio, for one year, and then came, into our Presbytery. The Rev. 
Irwin Carson, was made supply, at Piketon, for one year. R. J. 
Hall returned the certificate that he had taken, but had not presented 
to the Presbytery of Oxford. 

In Presbytery in the Third Church, Chillicothe, April 5th and 
6th, 1870, the Rev. John Woods accepted a call from Bloomingburgh. 
and Rev. George Carpenter was appointed to preach, S. D. Crothers 
to deliver the charge to the pastor, and John Barrett to the people, 
at his installation, at such time as it may suit the convenience of the 
congregation, R. N. Adams was ordained as an evangelist. Mr. 
McSurely preached from 1st. Cor. 16: 9, Mr. Dunham presided, and 
S. D. Crothers gave the charge to the evangelist. Mr. Adams' trial 
sermon was on 1st Peter, 1 : 16. The ordination took place April 6th, 
1870. H. W. Biggs and S. F. McCoy were appointed a committee, to 
organize a church at Waverly, if the way be clear. Messrs. Grand 
Giraid, McSurely and Lowes were appointed a committee to draft a 
paper, in respect to the memory of the Rev. Samuel Steel, D. D., 
removed by death, since the last meeting of Presbytery, and pre- 
sented the following, which was adopted by a rising vote: "God, in 
His allwise providence, having taken from our midst, and from his 
field of labor, where he had, for thirty-five and a half years, been a 



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faithful pastor and worker, Rev. Samuel Steel, D. D . our beloved 
brother and co-presbyter, therefore, Resolved; 1st. That we deeply 
regret our los«, and yet we can acquiesce in God's will, re joicing in 
the belief that our worthy and honored brother has fought the good 
fight to the end, kept the faith and received the crown of righteous- 
ness. Resolved; 2nd That we extend our sympathy to his beloved 
family, in their affliction, and offer our prayers for God's sustaining 
care, in their behalf. Resolved; 3d. That we are, by this provi- 
dence, reminded that our days of labor and trial will not always 
continue; that the Master will also call us from these, and hence, 
that as ministers and elders, in the church of Christ, and in this 
Presbytery, it is our duty to k work while it is day,' looking for the 
blessed hope of a glorious immortality." 

Samuel Steel, D. D., was born near the city of Londonderry, 
Ireland, May 29, 1796. His father's name was James Steel, and his 
mother's. Ann Smith. He studied Latin and Greek with Patrick 
Quigley, and afterward pursued his studies, in a classical school, 
taught by the Rev. John Alexander, of the Covenanter church. He 
sailed for this country, from Londonderry, in August, 1816, and 
landed in Philadelphia the latter part of September, where he 
engaged, as a clerk, in the store of his brother John He joined the 
Pine street church, October 14, 1819, and, after a time, had his 
thoughts turned to the ministry, through the instrumentality of his 
brother Robert, who preached at Abington church, ten miles north 
of Philadelphia. He, therefore, gave up his business and went to his 
brother's and studied with him, and in June, 1822, went to Princeton 
Seminary, where he remained two sessions. He then went, as a 
tutor, into the family of Mr. James Caldwell f of White Sulphur 
Springs, Virginia, arriving there in Ma}, 1823. He was licensed to 
preach, at a meeting of the Lexington Presbytery, at Mossy Creek 
church. Augusta county, Virginia. April 24, 1824. At Lebanon 
church, April 28, 1825, he was dismissed to the care of Muhlenberg 
Presbytery, but seems to have presented his certificate to, and been 
received by, the Presbytery of West Lexington, by which body he 
was ordained, at Winchester, Kentucky, November 26, 1825. In 
Kentucky he preached at Winchester, Richmond. Sugar Tree Ridge, 
Hopewell and Horeb. In November, 1828, he visited Hillsborough, 
in company with S. D. Blyihe, then recently licensed. At a com- 
munion, held then, great intere st was manifested and meetings were 
continued, until a hundred new members were received. After this 
Mr Blythe accepted a call to Hillsborough church and remained 
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Mr. Steel, who bad been acting, for a year, as agent in the West, 
for the Board of Education. When the year, for which he had 
engaged, closed, he came to Hillsborough, arriving with his family 
in the beginning of May, 1834. He was installed pastor of the 
church June 13, 1834, and remained in that relation until his death, 
November 2V, 1869. 

Dr. Steel was a man greatly beloved and greatly loving. Him- 
self a man of peace he 'lived, in stirring times, and was associated 
with, and greatly beloved and always trusted by, men who were con- 
tinually in the tight, who -never laid their armor down, and who 
would have thought it sin and shame and inexcusable cowardice for 
them to ever show the white Hag. He was utterly unlike Dr. Crothers; 
two good men could scarcely have been more unlike; they were yet 
always warmest friends. They were, I think, complementary to each 
other, each supplying some excellence that was not so conspicuous 
in the other. Dr. Crothers did the lighting, Dr. Steel was the 
beloved physician, taking care of the wounded, pouring balm upon 
their hurts, or often indeed, preventing the tight. When the waves 
of passion were beginning to lift angry crests, he frequently suc- 
ceeded in pouring oil upon the troubled waters, and making all 
smooth and calm. The one was radical, the other conservative. 
They both built up large congregations and held them well together 
so long as they lived, and, when they died, were greatly missed and 
sincerely mourned. Dr. Steel was a man who knew what lie wanted, 
and planned and worked for and did come into its possession; but 
what he got he gained by skill and address, and gentle, wooing 
methods, that made men willingly grant his desire, persuaded that 
they were prompted by their own generosity and kindness of feeling, 
not knowing that they had been brought on and up to this with art 
and skill, that they had been led by one who had a loving interest in 
them, and who, when they would not lead, had perceived it before 
they had felt the drawing that they would resist, and who then, with 
gentle touches, had turned and pushed them whither he would 
have them. If Dr. Crothers wanted anything he went and took it. 
Dr. Steel waited patiently until some one offered it to him, and felt 
obliged when he acceped it. He was skilled in ecclesiastical law 
and master of that kind of debate that first disarms a man, and then 
kills him off so neatly that he does not know that he is dead, and 
his corpse walks around and tells others how nicely he came off. He 
never pressed a point any further than was necessary to gain the end 
that he desired. He never spoiled a victory by striving, after he had 
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ation upon him, but was always satisfied with the substantial gains 
of victory. His theology was Old School. He cordially accepted the 
Reformed theology, in all. its breadth and depth, and, being con- 
servative, in all things, did much to hold back the more impetuous 
from action, which in their cooler moments they would have repented. 
I have to say, however, that which may seem to be opposed to what I 
have said above — that he was probably the best fighter that was 
ever in the Presbytery; but it was when he fought in the defense. 
Every man, who was suspended from the church, and feeling himself 
oppressed appealed to Presbytery, came to Dr. Steel to have him 
manage his case, and he found, in him, one who managed well, who 
took personal interest in his client, and fought for him as long as 
there was slightest hope. I remember, in the last years of his life — 
in fact it was at the spring meeting before that in which his death 
was reported — a man who felt himself aggrieved had asked me to 
plead his case, and show that the session should not have suspended 
him, and should now be directed to restore him. We wanted help, 
and called the Doctor out and told him what we wanted, but he said 
that he was not strong enough and could not venture to take part. 
When the case was through and the time had come to vote, of course 
I had no vote, but Dr. Steel had perfect right to. He had, indeed, 
only heard the case as it was presented in the Presbytery, for he 
declined to take part, not because of his view of the case, but from 
lack of strength and without hearing anything of it, but when the 
vote came he declined to vote. We had gained our point when the 
vote was counted, but we had nothing to spare. Afterward, in 
talking about the case, with the Doctor, I said that I thought that he 
had a right to a vote, under the strictest construction of the law, as 
he had done nothing and heard nothing beforehand calculated to 
prejudice him one way or the other, when h9 said: "I could not 
make an impartial judgment in the case of a man who had asked me 
to defend him; unconsciously my sympathies go out toward him, and 
they may warp my judgment more than I know." Dr. Steel was not 
a man who could forsake, or desert his friends, and it was a great 
excellence of his character, and showed his true nobility of soul, that 
he always reckoned among his friends those who craved or needed 
his help. He was largely instrumental in shaping the polity of the 
Presbytery, and one of those who, holding long pastorates and being 
men of grace and culture and natural ability, gave character to, and 
made the Presbytery of Chillicothe what it was, and what, in the 
main, it yet is. 

The two Assemblies of 1869 had met, in the city of New York, 



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the 20th day of May, the O. S. in the " Brick Church," the N. S. in 
the " Church of the Covenant," and sent down to the Presbyteries 
connected with them, which were required to meet on or before the 
15th day of October, 1869, the following questions, to which they 
were required to give a categorical answer: '* Do you approve of the 
re-union of the two bodies now claiming the name and rights of the 
Presbyterian church, in the United States of America, on the fol- 
lowing babis, namely: The re-union shall be effected on the doctrinal 
and ecclesiastical basis of our common standards; the Scriptures 
of the Old and New Testaments shall be acknowledged to be the 
inspired Word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and 
practice; the Confession of Faith shall continue to be sincerely, 
received and adopted as containiug the system of doctrine taught in 
the Holy Scriptures; and the Government and Discipline of the 
Presbyterian church, in the United States, shall be approved as 
containing the principles and rules of our polity ? " They also 
adopted the following: "Each Presbytery shall, before the first day 
of November, 1869, forward to the Stated Clerk of the General As- 
sembly, With which it is connected, a statement of its vote on the said 
Basis of lie-union." " The said General Assemblies, now sitting, shall, 
after finishing their business, adjourn to meet in the city of Pitts- 
burgh, Pennsylvania, on the second Wednesday of November, 1869, 
at 11 o'clock A. M." "If the two General Assemblies shall then 
hnd and declare that the above named Basis of Re-union has been 
approved by two- thirds of the Presbyteries connected with each 
branch or the church, then the same shall be of binding force, and 
the two Assemblies shall take action accordingly." " The "said Gen- 
eral Assemblies shall, then and there, make provision for the meeting 
of the General Assembly of the United church, on the third Thursday 
of May, 1870, The moderators of the two present Assemblies shall 
jointly preside at the said Assembly of 1870, until another moderator 
is chosen. The moderator of the Assembly now sitting at the Brick 
church aforesaid, shall put all votes and decide questions of order, 
and the moderator of the other Assembly shall, if present, preach the 
opening sermon; and the Stated Clerks of the present Assemblies 
shall act a s Stated Clerks of the Assembly of tho United Church until 
a Stated Clerk, or Clerks, shall have been chosen thereby ; and no 
commissi :ner shall have a right to vote, or deliberate, in said As- 
sembly, until his name shall have been enrolled by the said Clerks ? 
and his c ommission examined and hied among the papers of the 
Assembly." " Each Presbytery of the separate churches shall be 
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Church iii 1870, as it is entitled to in the Assembly with which it is 
now connected/' The Report of the Joint Committee of Re-union, 
from which the above is extracted, was adopted by the N. S. Assembly 
unanimously, and by the O. S. by a vote of yeas 285, nays 9. The 
Presbyteries, of which there were 144, answered the overture sent 
down, 126 in the affirmative, in writing, and 3 in the negative, viz. : 
Hudson, Rio Janeiro, and West Lexington. Some of the Presby- 
teries had been unable to meet in time, and for some such reasons a 
few did not answer. There were, however, but the above three in 
the negative, and the above programme was therefore carried out, 
and thus the church, so long divided, became one, and the letters 
O. S. and N. S., by a slight change of position, became SONS, and 
pointed out the fact that all were the sons of one Father, and sharers 
in a common heritage. 

The Rev. John Barrett, pastor of the Pisgah Church, and Mr. 
John R. Allston, an elder in the First Church, Chillicothe, were 
delegates to the Assembly that took the above action, and the dele- 
gates to the first Assembly of the Re-united Church were the Revds. 
J. A. I. Lowes, Principal of Salem Academy, and R. C. Galbraith, Jr., 
pastor of the Concord Church, with elders Samuel F. McCoy, of the 
First Church, Chillicothe, and Wm. Thomas, of the Pisgah Church. 

Samuel F. McCoy was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, March 5, 1820. 
He graduated at Miami University, in the class of 1839, studied law 
and was admitted to its practice, and was, for nine years, Judge of 
the Probate Court of Ross county, Ohio. He joined the church, July 
22, 1843, was ordained and installed elder of the First Church, Chilli- 
cothe, April 23, 1865 — the church in which he was born and to whose 
communion he had been received. He has always been active, in all 
church work, ready ever to take his part. In the religious instruc- 
tion of the young people he has always taken a great interest. 
He has been President of the County, and also of the State, Union 
Sunday -School Associations, and in his own church has been always 
actively engaged in the Sabbath-school. While he is a thorough 
Presbyterian, he has charity for all denominations, and rejoices in all 
the prosperity of Zion. He has, for many years, been much inter- 
ested in, and an officer of, the Ross County Bible Society. He is of 
that Scotch-Irish stock, that so abounds in the Presbyterian church, 
and is strongly marked with its characteristics. He is a true friend, 
never forgetting those to whom he has become attached, magnifying 
their virtues and extenuating their faults, but not making special 
effort to appreciate those who are not in any way congenial. He is 
far from being all things to all men, but like all men who are 



Judge Samuel P\ McCoy. 

Elder in Eirst Presbyterian Church, 
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themselves of worth, while he strives to love all men, and so fulfill 
the command, he loves his friends without any effort. If they are his 
special friends, loves them well enough to give them a scolding, when 
they need it, and he thinks they can appreciate it. I have known him 
long, and except that I have determined to say nothing of the living, 
could heartily speak of him, and other elders in the Presbytery, as 
well as of those excellent brethren in the ministry, words of warmest 
praine and commendation. The Presbytery has always had in it 
good men and true, and has now in ir. men of as much talent, of as 
kindly feeling, and of as sterling moral worth as it ever had. May 
God grant that it may be blessed with a succession of such men to 
remotest generations. 

In 1869, the O. S. had 2,381 ministers, 2,740 churches; received 
on profession of faith that year 15,189 and had communicants 
258,963. The N. S. had 1,848 ministers, 1,721 churches; received 
on profession 9,707 and had communicants 172,560. In 1870 the 
Re-united church had 4,238 ministers, 4,526 churches; received on 
profession 32,003, and had 446,561 communicants. 



CHAPTER IX 

The first meeting of Presbytery, after the re-union, wa? at Wash- 
ington, August 39th and 31st, 1870. The boundaries had been 
somewhat changed, by the Synod of Cincinnati, in spec al session, 
held at Cincinnati, by direction of the Assembly, and m ade to con- 
form to geographical lines, and included, as they yet do, the counties 
of Ross, Highland, Fayette. Clinton, Vinton and Pike. In the 
minutes of the General Assembly for 1871, the first meeting after the 
Presbyteries were consolidated, the Presbytery had in it churches 
and ministers as follows, which, although anticipating somewhat, I 
put here to show what the changes bad been: Mt.r^hall and 
Cynthiana, supplied by McKnight Williamson; Bain bridge, S. P. 
Dunham, pastor: Wilkesville, Warren Taylor, pastor; Wa^ erly, Irwin 
Carson, stated supply; Fall Creek and New Market, E. Grand Girard, 
stated supply: Chillicothe, First. H. W. Biggs, pastor; he also sup- 
plied Memorial; Chillicothe, Third, Wm. H. Prestly, pastor; Salem, 
R. K. Campbell, pastor; Concord, R. C. Galbraith, Jr., pastor; Hills- 
borough, W. J. McSurely. pastor; Bloom ingburgb, John Woods, 
pastor; Greenfield, Second, Francis Rea, a foreign minUter, sup- 
plying: Greenfield, First, Samuel D. Crothers, pastor; New Plymouth, 
T. M. Stevenson, stated supply; Pisgah, John Barrett, pastor; North 
Fork and Union, Norman Jones, pastor: Chillicothe, German, J. A. 
Patz, Stated supply; McArthur and Hamden, R. N. Adtms, stated 
supply; Frankfort, vacant, B. T. DeWitt had been supplying it; 
Mount Pleasant, vacant, W. W. McKinney having recently resigned; 
Wilmington. Greenland, Piketon, French, Sinking Spring and White 
Oak, vacant. There were, also, ministers, in addition to the above, 
Alexander Leadbetter, Luke DeWitt, N. M. Urmston and R J. Hall, 
without charge: S. J. Miller, who was acting as missionary in the 
Presbytery; Wm. P. Eastman, teaching at Kingston; Heber Gill? 
Principal of Salem Academy, and S. L. Gillespie, foreign missionary. 

To return to the order of time, at this Washington meeting of 
the Presbytery, W. W. McKinney and the Mount Pleasant church, 
at Kingston, of which he was pastor, carae into the Presby tery, from 
now being in our bounds. Luke De Witt and his son Brainerd T. 
DeWitt which latter was preaching at Frankfort, and T. M. Steven- 
son, and the New Plymouth Church, which he was supplying; the 
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Mc Arthur and Hamden, the latter recently organized, also were in our 
bounds. Of these, McKinney and Mount Pleasant had been in the 
Columbus Presbytery and McArtbur in the Hocking Presbytery; the 
remainder were from the late New School. The Rev. Irwin Carson 
who had been a member of the Hocking Presbytery and supplying 
McArthur was now also in this Presbytery. The name of the West 
Seioto Church was changed to Memorial. R. N. Adams was made 
stated supply at Haraden, for one-fourth of his time; Grand Girard 
stated supply at Fall Creek and McKnight Williamson, at Marshall 
and Cynthiana. H. W. Biggs was elected Stated Clerk, in place of Mr. 
Lowes who resigned that office, and the office of Treasurer, to which 
S. D. Crothers was elected. Mr. Lowes also resigned his position as 
principal of Salem Academy. In reference to his resignation, the 
following was adopted: "Whereas the Rev. J. A. I. Lowes, having 
been elected to a position in Miami University, has resigned the 
charge of the Salem Academy, and the office of Stated Clerk of this 
Presbytery; therefore, Resolved; 1st. That we bear cheerful testi- . 
money to his efficiency as a <eacher, believing that, under God, the 
high position to which this Academy has attained in public opinion, 
is greatly due to his untiring zeal, his ripe scholarship, and self-sac- 
rificing labors, during the twenty-two years of his administration. 
The fact that so many who have enjoyed the benefit of his instruc- 
tion, have entered the work of the ministry, abundantly testifies that 
the earnest christian was not lost, in the ripe scholar. Resolved; 
2nd. That we also take pleasure in testifying to his christian 
courtesy, accuracy and ability, in the discharge of his duty as Stated 
Clerk, and pray that the blessing of God may rest upon him in 
his new field of labor." This was unanimously adopted and the 
Stated Clerk was directed to have it published in the u Herald and 
Presbyter." The committee appointed to install the Rev. John 
Woods, at Bloomingburgh reported that they had performed that 
duty. R. H. Jackson who had been Principal of the Academy, at 
Bloomingburgh, was dismissed to the Presbytery of Highland. 

Mr. Jackson was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylva- 
nia, January 24, 1829; was a student at Eldersridge Academy three 
years, and at Jefferson College two and one half years; grad- 
uated from the latter in 1855, and from Western Theological Semi- 
nary, Alleghany, in 1860. He was licensed by the Presbytery of 
Blairsville. Pennsylvania, January, 1860; ordained by the Presbytery' 
of Fort Wayne at New Lancaster, Indiana, December, 1861; was 
called to the churches of Bluffton and Murray, Presbytery Ft. 
Wayne, and served these churches from 1861 to 1&B5 as pastor. , 



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From 1865 fco 1807, he' was Principal of Lebanon Presbyterial 
Academy. Indiana: from 1887-1868, Principal of the public schools 
at Gettysburgh, Ohio, at the same time supplied the churches of 
Gettysburgh and Covington, Presbytery of Miami; from 1868-1870, 
he was Principal of the Academy at Bloomingburgh, Ohio, and 
supplied Mount Sterling Church, for half time; from 1870 to 1876, 
he superintended the schools of Atchison, Kansas; from 1877, he has 
supplied the church of Westfield Presbytery, Kansas City, and in 
connection with this church, from 1877 to 1882, supplied the First 
church of Appleton City; since 1886, he has given half his time to 
the Deepwater church; his address is Ohio, St. Clair County. 
Missouri. 

. Henry B. Gage a candidate, under our care was dismissed to 
the Presbytery of Colorado. W'm. Coleman was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Osage. Henry Bartlett Gage was bcrn in Concord 
Township, Ross County, Ohio, June 15, 1845. He graduated at 
Marietta College, in 1869. studied theology at Princeton Seminary, 
was licensed by the Presbytery of Colorado, at Golden, April, 1871. He 
was the first licentiate of our church in the Rocky Mountains. 
He was ordained September 8. 1872. From 1870 to '73 he was in 
charge of .the churches of Colorado city and Colorado Springs; 
from 1873 to '76 at Central City, Colorado; from 1876 to '79, at Colo- 
rado Springs, the second term. November 15, 1879, he was installed 
pastor of the church at Pueblo, Colorado, and in the Minutes of 
1888. he is marked pastor of Arlington church, Riverside, Cali- 
fornia. 

Wm. Coleman was born near Carrolton, Carroll County, Ohio, 
November 27th, 1836: ten years later ohe family moved to Adams 
County, near Eckmansville and became connected with the O. S. 
church of that village. In October, 1856, he entered Salem -Acad- 
emy where he was prepared to enter the junior class at Miami Uni- 
versity at which institution he graduated in 1860. He then studied 
theology two years at the Western Theological Seminary at Alle- 
ghany. While in our Presbytery in addition to preaching, he was 
principal of the Public Schools at West Union, for three years, and 
at Manchester one year. His health having failed, when he left our 
Presbytery he was for two years on a farm in Western Missouri. 
January 1, 1872. he became stated supply of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Pleasant Hill. Missouri, and vas installed there as pastor 
October 1. This pastorate continued until the fall of 1875, whpn for 
a few months he was engaged in educational work. October 1876, 
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remained until the spring of 1881, when be accepted a call to 
Garnett, Kansas. After tive years labor there the pastoral relation 
was dissolved on account of his ill health. Since then he has 
not resumed regular work, not feeling that his health has been 
sufficiently restored. 

In the meeting of Presbytery at Cincinnati, during the ses- 
sion of Synod, October 21, 1870, a petition was presented from 
the Rocky Spring Church, requesting that as they were greatly 
reduced in numbers, and not able to support a pastor, they 
should be united with the Second Church of Greenfield, the 
pastor of that church to preach at the Rocky Spring Church, 
on afternoons as might hereafter be agreed upon. This petition 
was signed by nineteen officers and members. The following 
action of the Second Church, Greenheld, was also presented: 
''Resolved; That we, as a congregation, consent to the consoli- 
dation of Rocky Spring Church, with us on the terms set 
forth in their petition to Presbytery." On motion the prayer of 
the petitioners was granted. The Rev. Warren Taylor was re- 
ceived from the Presbytery of Cincinnati and accepted a call 
from the church of Wilkesvilie; H. W. Biggs was appointed to 
preside and give the charge to the pastor, R. N. Adams to the 
congregation and Dr. Nelson, of Lane Seminary was invited to 
preach at his installation, which was appointed for the first 
Sabbath of November. 

Mr. Taylor was born at Langdon, New Hampshire, October 6, 
1814. He united with the Congregational Church, at Lewis, 
Essex County, New York, in September, 1821. He pursued his 
Academic studies at Geneva Lyceum. N. Y , Bloorntield Academy, 
N. J., and Union College, N. Y. In 1836 and '37, he taught in 
public schools, and in 1838 and '39 he was employed in a book- 
store, in New York City. He afterwards taught in the public 
school at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and then managed the Academy 
at Somerville, N. J., and prepared a class of young men to enter 
the junior class at Rutger's College. While teaching in Bridgeport 
and Somerville he studied theology with some assistance from the 
Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Hewitt, and the Rev. Abraham Messier, pasto r 
of the Dutch Reformed Church of Raritan, with which church 
Mr. Taylor was last connected, as a private member; he ceased 
teaching in the Academy, in October, 1842. In 1843, from January 
to April he continued the study of theology and preparation of his 
parts of trial, under the direction of the Rev. N. B. Purington of 
Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, and April, 14, 1843, was licensed, 



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by the Presbytery of Trumbull aud at once became stated supply 
at Boardman, where a year later he was ordained and installed; 
about a year later, in 1845, he left Boardman, having accepted a 
call from the church in Ellsworth, which church believed in close 
communion, and as Mr. Taylor was unable to bring the church to 
his own more liberal views, he resigned his pastorate, at the end of 
his first year. He was stated supply of the church in Bazetta, two 
years, and of the church in Farmington four years. In all he was 
in the Presbytery of Trumbull nine years. From 1852 he occupied 
a mission field in Jackson County, Ohio, in the Presbytery of 
Scioto, and for two years was stated supply of the church in 
Gallipolis, in the Presbytery of Athens. In October, 1856, he ac- 
cepted an invitation to the care of Montezuma, Indiana, and neigh- 
boring churches, but was soon stricken down by extreme nervous 
prostration. He returned to Ohio, but remained inactive and helpless, 
for two years. In the spring of 1859. he became stated supply of 
Madison church in the Presbytery of Scioto, where he continued 
for three years. For the next three years, he was. part of the time 
in the army, and part of the time taught school. In March, 1865, he 
became stated supply of the church at AYiikesvillc, and continued 
thus for four years, when he accepted a call to become pastor of 
the Sixth church, in Cincinnati. When he had held this place for 
a year and a half, he accepted a call to the pastorate of his 
former charge at Wilkesville, as above. The Rev. Robert K. 
Campbell accepted a call from the Salem Church and John Bar- 
rett was appointed to preach, S. 1). Crothers to preside and give 
the charge to the pastor, and Wm. H. Prestly, to the people, at 
his installation, the time for which was not specified. Robert K. 
Campbell D. D. was born in "Washington county. Pennsylvania, 
May 6, 1832. He had a birthright in the Associate Reformed 
Presbyterian Church, was a student at Richmond Academy, in 
Ohio, and graduated at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1852, 
attended Theological Seminary at Alleghany. Pennsylvania, and 
Oxford, Ohio. He was taken under the care of the Monongahela 
Presbytery of the Associate Reformed church, in 1853. and ordained 
August, 1856. He was pastor of Sycamore and Hopkinsville 
churches, in the First Presbytery of Ohio. U. P., for nine years, 
and of the Second Church, Greenfield, for five years, when he 
accepted a call to Salem Church. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield. Nov. 1870, the pastoral relation exist- 
ing between the Rev. W. W. McKinney and Mount Pleasant church 
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of Pittsburgh. Win. McKiuuey D. D. was bom at Boalsburgb, Cen- 
tre eouaty, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1837, graduated from Lafayette 
College, Easton. Pennsylvania, July, 1857. He made a profession of 
religion at, Hollidaysburgb, during the revival of 1858, when he was 
studying Jaw, and September, 1858, entered the Western Theological 
Seminary, at Alleghany, and graduated April, 1861, was licensed to 
preach by the Presbytery of Ohio, now Pittsburgh Presbytery, April, 
1860. arc was ordained, October, 1861, by the Presbytery of Alle- 
ghany, row Butler Presbytery, and installed in the church of Centre. 
After a pastorate of four years, he resigned, in July, 1865, to accept 
the co-eiitorship of ''The Family Treasure," a religious monthly 
started snd edited by his father, the Rev. David McKinney D. D., at 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He remained in this work for about two 
years, supplying a good part of the time the Freedom church. In 
April, ?857, he accepted a call to the Mount Pleasant church, Kings- 
ton, and after a pastorate of three and a half years was dismissed as 
above, to accept a call from the church of Mingo, in Pittsburg Pres- 
bytery ; his charge he resigned because of failing health in June, 
1875. 1 he next year and a half ill health prevented his taking a 
charge, but April. 1877, he accepted a call from the churches of 
Oonneautville and Evansburg, Pennsylvania, in Erie Presbytery. 
After two years he gave all his time to Conneautville, being pastor 
there seven years and a half; in Ocr., 1834, he moved to Wooster, 
Ohio, for the education of his family; while there he supplied vacant 
churchesi and did literary work. August, 1886, he accepted the 
editorship of "The Presbyterian Observer," B iltiniorG, Maryland 
and held the position for about two years. He still resides in Balti- 
more, and is engaged in writing for religious papers and doing 
evangelistic work. He received the title, D. D., from Wooster Uni 
versity June, 1887, and a week after from Lafayette College; while 
Doctor MeKinuey well deserves the honor, I hardly know what he 
will do with two degrees. If it were my case I would prefer to have 
one of [l em made transferable. 

At Greenfield, February 28, 1871, Samuel L. Gillespie, was 
ordain eo, as an evangelist, and dismissed to the' Presbytery of Cor- 
isco, West Africa, J. A. I. Lowes presided and gave the charge, and. 
R. C. Galbraith, Jr., preached. Mr. Gillespie, a member of the 
Bloomingburgh church, had been taken under the care of the Pres- 
bytery at Red Oak, August 2Sfch and 29th, 1866, and in Presbytery 
at Washington, August 30th and 31st, 1870, was given for parts of 
trial, for Latin exegesis, u De Sanciificatione ;" Critical exercise 
Rom. 8: 19-23; lecture, Gal. 5: 22-23, and sermon, Heb. 9; 7; he 



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passed all the parts of trial and was ordained at this Greenfield 
meeting, without having been licensed. When the minutes were 
reviewed at Synod m Springfield, Oct. 23, 1871, they were approved, 
"Except in the case of the ordination of Mr. S. L. Gillespie, which 
action the Synod regards as not strictly regular and not justified by 
any actual necessity, inusmuch as it would have been better to 
license him, and leave the question of his ordination to the Presby- 
tery within whose bounds he was to labor." Samuel Lovejoy Gil- 
lespie was born June 12, 1838, near Bloomingburgh, Ohio. He 
united with the Bloomingburgh church, at the age of thirteen, and 
prepared for college at Salem Academy. While at the Academy he 
enlisted in Co. A, First Ohio Cavalry, and served throughout the 
war; the date of his enlistment was June 1st, 1861. He returned 
to the Academy in 1865, graduated from Washington and Jafferson, 
Pennsylvania, with the class of 1868, and from Princeton Theolog- 
ical Seminary in 1871. In March, 1871, he went as Missionary of 
our Foreign Board, to the Gaboon Mission in West Africa; in 3872, 
he was placed in charge of the Evangasimbu Station, Corisco. In 
March, 1874, he returned to the United States, and in July of the 
same year he was appointed to Utah, by the Board of Home Mis- 
sions. He labored at Corinne, Utah, and Evanston, Wyoming, 
until June, 1877, when under care of the Home Mission Board he 
began a mission at Brigham City, among the Mormons, among 
whom he still labors, being stated supply of the Corinne church, 
Box Elder, Utah. 

In Presbytery at Frankfort, April 11th and 12th, 1871, K. K. 
Campbell and Warren Taylor were reported installed. The pastoral 
relation existing between R. C. Galbraitb. Jr. and the Concord 
church was dissolved, and he began to supply the Frankfort church, 
and Hebor Gill began to supply the Concord church. Luke 
DeWitt was appointed to preach and declare the pulpit vacant, at 
Concord, which he did the next Sabbath, after which Mr. Gill, with- 
out an interval, began to preach there. The Presbytery next met at 
Chillicothe, pursuant to a call issued by the Moderator, as follows: 

"The Presbytery of Chillicothe will meet in First Presbyte- 
rian church, of Chillicothe, on Tuesday, the 11th of July, at 11 A. JfcL, 
to take such action as may be proper, in the case of Rev. Francis 
Bea, under care of Presbytery, and charged <vith the sin and scandal, 
of drunkenness. 

Signed, Warren Taylor, Moderator." 

When the Presbytery met, at the appointed time, "The following 
paper was read and adopted: "Whereas Rev. Francis Rea, a foreign 



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minister under care of this Presbytery, is charged by public rumor, 
with the sin of drunkenness, as is well known to this body; and 
"Whereas the Prosbvtery has been called together, in view of said 
rumor; and Whereas further, Mr. Rea is present, with us. Therefore, 
Resolved: That he be requested to make, to Presbytery, a full state- 
ment touching his character and conduct involved in said rumors.'' 
A written statement prepared by Mr. Rea, was then read by Mr 
Wright, (an elder of the Second Greenfield church,) accompanied by 
remarks expressive of the state of feeling in the congregation. 
After hearing from Mr. Rea, and also from the elder of the church, 
a petition signed by more than half the members of the church and 
by as many adherents of the church, asking Presbytery to deal 
leniently with Mr. Rea, was read, as was also a petition from five of 
the elders of the church asking a thorough investigation of the 
rumors charging Mr Rea with drunkenness. The following resolu- 
tion was then presented, and after discussion was adopted: "Resolved: 
That Rev. Francis Rea be instructed to suspend his labors as stated 
supply to the Second church of Greenfield, until the current 
rumors, affecting his christian character, be investigated by a com- 
mission appointed by Presbytery, said commission to report to an 
adjourned meeting, to be held on the first Tuesday of August, at 
three o'clock P. M., in the Presbyterian church at Washington." 
Revc s. H. W. Biggs and Geo. Carpenter, and Elder S. E. Hibben, 
were appointed said commission. Presbytery therefore met in 
Washington, August 1, 1871, when the commission appointed at the 
last meeting, reported, as follows: "The commission to investigate 
the rumors affecting the christian character of the Rev. Francis Rea, 
beg leave to report, that:, they visited Greenfield, on July 12. to seek 
for tastimony on the charge of his haviug been intoxicated, in March 
last. After a careful consideration of the testimony of several wit- 
nesses, they found no evidence to substantiate the charge. They 
also appointed a day to visit the cities of Cincinnati and Dayton, to 
learn what testimony there was as to the truth of the rumors of his 
having been intoxicated in those places; but before the day named, 
they received information, from a reliable source, that he had been 
seen intoxicated, on the streets of Greenfield, at a subsequent date. 
They therefore again visited that place and obtained the following 
testimony, viz: 

"Th e undersigned in the presence of the omniscient and heart 
searching God, to whom we shall answer, do sincerely and truly 
affirm and declare that on Friday, July 14, 1871, we saw and con- 
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county, Ohio, that, from his conversation and conduct, wa are well 
convinced that he was under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and 
have no hesitation in saying that he was drunk. 

Signed, Martha Murray, 

A. J. Wright, 

July 27, 1871. G. J. Rucker, 

They also learned that he had been guilty of the sins of lying 
and fraud, and had left the place for parts unknown. All of which 
is respectfully submitted, 

Signed, Henry W. Biggs, Chairman, 

George Carpenter." 
The report was accepted and the following action was taken: 
"Whereas the Presbytery having heretofore received Rev. Francis 
Rea 5 a foreign minister, as a probationer under the charge of Presby- 
tery, and it appearing to the satisfaction of said Presbytery that the 
said Francis Rea has been guilty of the sin of drunkenness, since he 
has been received as a probationer, Therefore, be it resolved; That 
the said Francis Eea be rejected, and that his name be stricken from 
our roll as a Probationer, under the charge of this Presbytery." 
"The Stated Clerk was instructed to publish the action cf Presby- 
tery, in regard to Mr. Rea, in our Religious Papers." 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, Sep. 12, 1S71, the following resolu- 
tions were adopted; "Resolved; 1st. That we recommend all the 
young men in our bounds, who are students of Theology, to put 
themselvbs uader the care of Presbytery whether they desire aid 
from the B^ard or not. 2nd. That we direct all our candidates to 
report, in person, every year at the fall meeting of Presbytery. 3rd. 
That we require annually, at our Fall meetings, from each candi- 
date's pastor a written statement of his diligence in his attendance 
upon the means of grace, and of his apparent progress in the chris- 
tian life. 4th. That the students in Theology be required to deliver 
annually before the Presbytery at its fall meeting, a s )?cimen of 
progress in addition to the trials for licensure laid dewn in the 
book." Good resolutions, but I think th^y were not much, or long 
observed. In Presbytery at the Second church, Greenfield. Tuesday, 
Nov. 14, 1871, the Rev. A. B. Brice D. P. was received on certificate 
from the Presbytery of Athens, accepted a call from the Second 
church of Greenfield and was installed. He had been supplying 
them for some time before this, and in anticipation of this call Pres- 
bytery had, at a meeting held in Springfield, during the sessions of 
Synod, made an informal arrangement as to what persons should 
take part in the installation, and had. in this way, appointed H. W, 



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Biggs to preach and preside, but at the request of Mr. Biggs, who 
presided. Henry B. Gage, of the Colorado Presbytery, who was pres- 
ent, as corresponding member, preached the sermon. S. P. Dunham 
gave the charge to the pastor, \V. J. McSurely to the people. A 
called meeting was held at Chiiiicothe, Feb 6, 1872. at which the 
relation between the Rev. Norman Jones and the Union and North 
Fork churches 'was dissolved, and Mr. Jones was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Fort Wayne. 

At South Salem, April 9th and 10th, 1872, the Rev. Win. H. 
Prestley declined a call from Seneca church of Geneva Presbytery. 
"A petition from certain persons for the organization of a church to 
be called Mona Mission was presented, whereupon Wm. H. Prest- 
ley, and elders. Hugh Bell. S. F. McCoy. Peter Platter and James T. 
Bonner were appointed to organize a church in answer to the peti- 
tion, if the way be clear. The Rev. E. Grand Girard, being about to 
take a tour to Europe, was furnished with proper testimonials of his 
standing. R. N. Adams was dismissed to rhe Presbytery of Neosho. 
Brainerd T. DeWitt was dismissed to the Presbytery of Marion. Mr. 
DeWitt was born in Marietta, Ohio, April 28, 1840, graduated from 
Marietta College, with the class of 1865, studied theology one year at 
Auburn Theological Seminary, and one year at Lane, he was 
ordained by the Presbytery of Scioto in April, 1868. was stated sup- 
ply at Frankfort, Ohio, from 1868 to 1870, was at Van Yv 7 ert, where 
he was installed pastor, from 1871 to 1873; stated supply at Gilroy, 
California, from 1874 to 1876; at Sturgis, Michigan, from 1877 to 
1879; pastor at Fairyiew, Pennsylvania, from 1879 to 1885. and in 
1885, he became pastor at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, where he still is. 
"The following petition, from the Second church, Greenfield, was 
presented and referred to the committee on Bills and Overtures." 
"To the Presbytery of Chiiiicothe, to meet in South Salem, April 
9. 1812. 

Dear Brethren; We, the undersigned petitioners, members and 
ex-members of the Second church. Greenfield, would represent to 
your body, that said congregation, before changing their ecclesias- 
tical relation from the United . Presbyterian church, to the Presby- 
terian church of North America, did adopt unanimously, a series of 
resolutions, declaring that in the public worship, in the church, the 
inspired psalmody should be used to the exclusion of hymns, of 
human composition, said resolutions not to be set aside, bnt by a 
vote of three-fourths of the congregation. And whilst adopting the 
resolutions, above referred to, on the subject of Psalmody, we kept 
ourselves within the rules of the Presbyterian churcl, on that sub- 



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ject. Said church having adopted the version of the book of Psalms, 
originally composed, by Francis House, as her system of praise, con- 
sequently the resolutions, referred to above, were and are, legal and 
binding on the congregation until repealed, or set aside, according 
to their own provisions. And we further believe that without the 
adoption of said resolutions, that the aforesaid ecclesiastical change 
could not have been made. And we would also represent to you that 
about the last of January, or the first of February of the present 
year, a meeting was called under the auspices of A. J. Wright and 
others, which meeting was composed of about one-third of the con- 
gregation. And the meeting, so called and so composed, proceeded 
to repeal the aforesaid resolutions, which they asserted they accom- 
plished by a majority of four, or live, of that minority of the congre- 
gation in attendance, and immediately introduced the hymns as the 
system of praise of the congregation, by about the same vote, thus 
changing essentially the worship of the congregation, and perpetra- 
ting a great wrong upon your petitioners. Your petitioners are con- 
scientiously opposed to the use of uninspired hymns, in the worship 
of God, and they are thus cut off from participation in that delight- 
ful part of worship. And now we pray you to declare the proceed- 
ings of the above recited meeting, null and void, and of none effect, 
and thas place the worship of said congregation in the same state in 
which it was, when we connected with your Presbytery. We also 
appoint James Watt, our commissioner, to present our petition. 

Signed. Rutherford Collier, and 58 others. 

'The committee reported: "Your committee are of the opinion 
that the manner of introducing the hymns into the worship of said 
church was unwise, but we are also of opinion that to restore the 
former status would, under the present circumstances, be prejudicial 
to its best interests, Therefore, Resolved; That the prayer of the 
petitioners be not granted." The committee was made up of wise 
and good men — McSurely, Biggs, atd elder Hugh Bell — but it 
appears to me that the prayer of the petitioners should have been 
granted. Things, however, had got into such a shape, if I remember 
rightly, that a large part of the church would go off, in whatever 
way the question was decided. As to the action of Wright, and the 
others who assisted him, I thought then, and think yet, that it was 
deserving of the severest condemnation. 

H. F. Oimste id and Joseph Provost were licensed. Mr. Provost, 
not speaking Eaglish, his examination was by a committee — the 
Revds. Grand Girard and Warren Ta.\ior, and elder Fred. Druhot. 
Mr. Olmstead had been under care of Presbytery since April 3-5, 



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1866. His parts of trial were, for Latin exegesis, " An Christus solus 
sit Mediator noster apud Deumf 1 critical exercise, Romans 5:1-5; 
lecture, Mat. 22: 1-14; sermon, 1st John, 5: 12. These were ail deliv 
ered and approved at this meeting, and he and Mr. Provost, whose 
subjects were assigned him when he was taken under care of Presby- 
tery, at Grreentield, September 12, 1871, were licensed, April 10, 1872. 
Mr. Provost's subject for exegesis was, "An Christus est Deusf" for 
lecture, Psalm 2, and sermon, John 10: 9. 

lu Presbytery at Hamden, September 10-12 1872, French 
church, Mo wry town, presented a call for Mr. Joseph Provost, which 
he accepted, and the third Thursday of October was appointed for 
his ordination and installation. When Presbytery met, October 17, 
Mr. Grand Girard conducted all the services, except the charge to 
the people, which was given by S. D. Crothers. Mr. R. F. Dickey 
had been studying for some time, with a view to entering the 
ministry, but was yet in his academic course, and, at his own request, 
his name was dropped from the list of candidates. David E. Platter, 
who was taken under care of Presbytery, at Hamilton, at a meeting 
during the session of Synod, October 22, 1869, was transferred to the 
care of the Presbytery of Portsmouth. Mr. Platter was born in 
Sprigg township, Adams county, Ohio; united with the U. P. 
congregation of Tranquillity, Ohio, in Maj , 1861; studied at Salem 
Academy, and graduated at Miami University, with the class of 1871 ; 
and from Lane Theological Seminary, in 1874. He was licensed to 
preach by the Presbytery of Portsmouth, (to which he was trans- 
ferred, while a student at Lane,) at Manchester, Ohio, April, 1873. 
He served the congregation at Mount Leigh, during the summer 
vacation of 1872, and the congregation at Eckmansville, during the 
vacation of 1873. Upon graduation, at Lane, in 1874, he received 
and accepted a call from the Presbyterian church of Rockaway, 
Morris county, New Jersey, and began his labors there the second 
Sabbath of June, 1874, and was ordained and installed by the Pres- 
bytery of Morris and Orange, July 22, 1874, and continued in that 
pastorate until March, 1881, since which time he has been pastor at 
Canton, Oh^o. The pastoral relation between the Rev. John Woods 
and the church at Bloomingburgh was dissolved, and Mr. Woods had 
leave to labor out of bounds. The Rev. R. K. Campbell was Mod- 
erator of the Synod of Cincinnati, which convened at Hillsborough in 
October, 1872. 

During the session of Synod, the Presbytery met October 18th, 
19th and 20th, when the Rev. S. D. Smith was received, from the 
Presbytery of Marion, and accepted a call from the Mount Pleasant 



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church; George Carpenter was appointed to preside and preach, 
Win. P. Eastman to give the charge to the pastor, and William H. 
Prestley, to the people, at his ordination. The Rev. John Woods was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Chicago. Mr. Woods was born at 
Hamilton, Ohio, June 19, 1838. He united with the church at Ham- 
ilton in 1355, graduated at Miami University, with the class of 1880, 
studied theology one year at Alleghany and one at Princeton, was 
licensed and ordained, by the Presbytery of Oxford, in September, 
1861. with a view to his adapting a cjmmission as chaplain of the 
Thirty-tifth Regiment Ohio Volunteers. In this capacity he served 
daring the fall and winter of 1831 and '62, and was, for a time, also, 
in the service of the Christian Commission. Before the close of the 
war he accepted a call to the church of Urbana, where he remained 
until 1888; went to Bioomingbnrgh in 1869, to Chicago in 1873, Fort 
Wayne in 1874; Chico, California, 1875-6; Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1877-8. 
Since 1878 he has resided in Minnesota, and been engaged in various 
kinds of Home Mission work, and since February, 1881, has been 
pastor of the Merriam Park Presbyterian Ohurcn, in the city of 
St. Paul. 

At Greenfield, April 8-10, 1873, the Rev. Clark Kendall was 
received from the U. P. Presbytery of Caledonia. Vir. Kendall was 
supplying the church at Bloomingburgh. Messrs. McSureiy and 
Williamson, a committee, appointed at Hillsborough, to organize a 
church, k% at a point near Sugar Tree Ridge, known as the Lyie 
neighborhood," reported that they had organized a church, to be 
known as Bethel, with twenty- four members, and that John Lyle and 
Joseph Lyle had been elected ruling eldeis. "The name of the 
White Oak church was stricken from the roll, the members having 
united with the Mowrytowa church." James R. Collier, David Ross 
Moore and J. B. Johnson were licensed. James R. Collier was born 
at Greenfield, Ohio, April 26, 1815. He joined the U. P. church, at 
Greenfield, on profession of his faith, March 9, 1866, graduated at 
Miami University, June 27, 1871, and at Lane Seminary, May 14, 
1874, was taken under care of Presbytery at Greenfield, and licensed, 
with Messrs. Moore and Johnston, April 9, 1873, after having passed 
all the parts of trial, the subjects for which are not given. Mr. 
Johnston had been taken under care of Presbytery at South Salem, 
at the meeting April 13th and 14th, 1869. 

At Bainbridge, September 9th and 10th, 1873, McKnight Wil- 
liamson was, at his own request, dismissed to the Presbytery or 
St. Clairsville. Mr. Williamson writes from Petersburg, Huntington 
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in a farm house, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, February 
28, 1800, my parent's ninth son, and only survivor. Seven of the 
ten sons graduated; the three elder at Dickinson College, one at 
Washington, Pennsylvania, and three at Jefferson, myself one of 
the three, I graduated in September, 1820. Five entered the 
ministry, all staunch Presbyterians; one practiced law, the other 
was a clerk at Washington, in the Comptroller's office. He paid the 
expenses of four of us who entered the ministry, from Academy 
to Theolo'gical Seminary. He, himself and the lawyer were 
indebted to my oldest brother, who entered the ministry, for their 
education. My Seminary studies of three years closed about 
September 28, 1825, at Princeton. I was licensed June 9, preced- 
ing, by the Presbytery of Carlisle. My first pastorate was at Dick- 
inson; my ordination, by Carlisle tresbytery November, 1827; my 
church 12 miles from my birth-place. I was their first pastor. In 
eight and a half years, I was called to Lower Tuscarora, Presbytery 
of Huntington; my pastorate there extended to ten years and six 
months. In 1846, I went West and spent four months missionating 
in Iowa. I then settled in Eastern Ohio, accepted a call from a 
church in St. Clairsville Presbytery, and remained seven years and 
six months; then supplied a church in Zanesville Presbytery one 
year; then found a charge, in Hocking Presbytery, where I remained 
from April 1854, to November 1859, when I set my face toward your 
(Chillicothe) Presbytery. After leaving your Presbytery I passed 
into the bounds of St. Clairsville, and in 1881, came into Huntington 
county, Pennsylvania, accepting a call from a small congregation 
near this village, which some years since was relinquished. I don't 
preach much now; my Presbytery deeming it best to be lenient 
towards such an old man. Though one of the oldest Presbyteries in 
our now grand old church, I am about the oldest who has ever been a 
member of this Presbytery." For a man who is so nearly in his 
90th year I think this is a grand letter. I sincerely hope that 
he may live to be a hundred, and that all his years may be 
crowned with blessings. Heber Gill was made stated supply at 
North Fork and Concord, and Clark Kendall continued at Blooming- 
burgh. Mr. Gill had supplied Concord while he was Principal at 
Salem Academy, but now he lived between the churches of Concord 
and North Fork, and supplied both churches. The committee on 
bills on overtures reported the following as having been placed in 
their hands, viz: ''Does this Presbytery consider promiscuous danc- 
ing such an offense as to warrant and demand the discipline of the 
Lord's house?" The committee recommended the following answer; 

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viz: "Yes; as to the extent to which that discipline should be carried 
each session, being familiar with the peculiar circumstances, is best 
fitted to judge, as the particular cases may arise." This report was 
received and adopted. 

At Portsmouth, October 17, 1873, Presbytery held a meeting 
during the session of Synod and received the Rev. W. F. Hughey 
who presented credentials of good standing, in the Ohio Conference, 
of the M. E. church, and professed his acceptance of the doctrines and 
government of the Presbyterian church, and was enrolled as a 
member of Presbytery. Mr. Hughey, however, was not satisfied, the 
thought of having broken off his connection with the church, in 
which he had been brought up, troubled him, and in a called meet- 
ing, at Chillicothe, December 8, 1873, at his request, he was given a 
certificate of standing and dismission to the Methodist Episcopal 
church. He afterward practiced medicine, for a number of years, at 
Bainbridge, Ohio, whence he moved to Frankfort, Ohio, August 
15, 1887, began the practice of medicine there, and died November 
26, 1887. 

A called meeting of Presbytery was held, at Mc Arthur, Decem- 
ber 30, 1873, at which J. B. Johnston was ordained and installed 
pastor of the McArthur Church; his trial sermon was from Ps. 105: 
17-22. The Rev. J. K. Gibson, of the Presbytery of Portsmouth, 
being invited, preached the ordination sermon; R. K. Campbell 
presided; John Barrett gave the charge to the pastor, andH. W. 
Biggs to the people. The next day was appointed for his installa- 
tion, at Hamden, Mr. Barrett to preach and preside; W. H. Prestley 
to give charge to the pastor, and R. K. Campbell to the people. 

At Kingston, April, 14th and 15th, 1874, the Rev. Clark 
Kendall accepted a call from the Bloomingburgh church; W. J. 
McSurely was appointed to preach and preside, S. P. Dunham to 
charge the pastor and Geo. Carpenter the people, at his installa- 
tion. David Ross Moore was, at this meeting, ordained as an evan- 
gelist and dismissed to the Presbytery of Dayton, His trial sermon 
was preached from Isaiah 9: 6, Mr. McSurely preached the ordination 
sermon; T. M. Stephenson presided, and Mr. Lowes gave the charge 
to the evangelist; his ordination was on April 15. Mr. Moore 
was born at Rising Sun, Indiana, January 9, 1850; he united with 
the church at Reading, Ohio, in 1863, his father was then pastor of 
that church; he prepared for college, at Salem Academy, gradu- 
ated from Miami University in 1871, from Lane Seminary in 1874, 
from Princeton Seminary in 1878. He preached at the Venice 
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Indiana, from 1878 to 1880; at Frankfort Indiana, from 1880 to the 
fall of 1881, then he again was pastor at Brookville, from 1881 to 
1886, when he accepted a call to Logan, Ohio, where he was 
installed in April 1886. Nelson Carr, a student, under care of 
Presbytery, and who had been attending Danville Seminary was 
dismissed to the care of Platte Presbytery. J. A. I. Lowes was 
granted l^ave to labor out of bounds. The relation between S„ D- 
Smith and Mount Pleasant was dissolved, to take effect July 20, 
1874. The following action was taken, in reference to the Women's 
Temperance Crusade, which may be interesting as showing the 
state of feeling, at the time. "During the last three months, a 
remarkable Temperance Revival has been in progress in Hillsbor- 
ough, Washington C. H., Greenfield, Chillicotbe, McArthur, 
Hamden, Frankfort, Bainbridge, Kingston, Leesburgb, Wilmington, 
Lexington, and other towns and villages. This work has been 
characterized, by an unusual out-pouring of the spirit of grace 
and of supplication, a degree of harmony among the different 
evangelical denominations hitherto unknown in this region, a great 
progress in public sentiment as regards the subject of temperance, 
and the development of a large amount of talent, hitherto con- 
cealed, among the lay members of our churches. Thousands of 
persons have been induced to sign a pledge of total abstinence from 
all intoxicating liquors, as a beverage. Many have been reclaimed 
from habits of intemperance. Numerous saloons have been closed, 
and their proprietors induced to engage in other means of gaining a 
livelihood. The christian ladies in these communities, deserve the 
warmest commendation for the heroism they have displayed, in the 
ardent, self-denying and persistent labors which have been blessed 
with such encouraging results. The developments of this work 
have been such, that the query has been started, in many minds, 
whether the Presbyterian church has not deprived itself of much 
efficiency in the past, by keeping the female part of its member- 
ship too silent in our devotional meetings. We feel that a great 
work has been accomplished, but much remains to be done, even 
where success has been greatest; strenuous and persistent efforts 
will have to be made, in order to maintain the ground that has 
been gained. The grace of God must be constantly sought after, if 
souls are saved, not only from intemperance but from eternal death. 
Our experience during the past year, is full of intimations that 
God is more ready to bless than we are to believe, or to ask for his 
favors with importunity," Of course this movement did not effect 
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advocates expected, but so we are led on, and if but a little lasting 
good is effected, we should be thankful, and considering the little as 
an earnest, as first fruits, should press on, looking for, expecting, in 
God's good time, the abundant harvest. 

At an adjourned meeting in South Salem, Tuesday, May 12? 
1874, Horatio F. Olmstead was ordained. His trial sermon was from 
1st Cor. 15: 22. R. K.Campbell presided, H. W. Biggs preached, 
and S. D. Crothers gave the charge to the evangelist. After his 
ordination, Mr. Olmstead was dismissed to the Presbytery of White- 
water. Mr. Olmstead was born at Allensville, Switzerland county, 
Indiana. He united with the Salem church, April 25, 1865, while at 
the Academy, where he was a student for four years. He was at 
Hanover College one year, and studied theology at Lane Seminary 
and began preaching to Providence church, in Whitewater Presby- 
tery, while still in the Seminary, and remained with them until 
September, 1876. From October, 1876, to October, 1879, he had 
charge of the Versailles, Dillsboro and Sparta churches. From 
November 1st, 1879, to November 1st, 1887, he had charge of Rising 
Sun and Palmetto churches; then he took charge of the church in 
Mount Carmel, Indiana, of which he is still stated supply. Thomas 
M. Stevenson, H. W. Biggs, and J. B. Johnston, a commission, 
appointed at the last meeting, to organize a church at Zaleski, 
reported that they had performed that duty. 

At Fall Creek, September 8th and 9th, 1874, the Rev. S. D. 
Smith had leave to labor oat of the bounds of Presbytery. James 
R. Collier was ordained; Clark Kendall preached; Dr. A. B. Brice 
presided, and R. K. Campbell gave the charge to the evangelist. 
The ordination was on Wednesday, September 9, 1874. Mr. Collier 
had leave to labor out of bounds. He became stated supply of Mason 
and Somerset churches, in the Presbytery of Cincinnati, September 
17, 1874, and remained thus until December 17, 1879, when he 
accepted a call from Jackson, Ohio, beginning his pastorate there 
January 1, 1880, aud remaining until April 9, 1883, when he began to 
preach to the Walnut street Presbyterian church, Louisville, Ken- 
tucky, was installed as pastor of that church, and still remains there. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, March 9, 1875, the pastoral relation 
between the Rev. Wm. H. Prestley and the Third church of Chilli- 
cothe, was dissolved. The following resolutions, adopted by the 
congregation, were read, and, on motion, put on the records of Pres- 
bytery: "Resolved; That m the Rev. Wm. H. Prestley we have had 
an able minister, in word and ordinance, a prudent counselor to 
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inquiring soul, a sympathizing pastor to the sick, and a spiritual 
comforter to the afflicted and bereaved. Resolved; That in assenting 
to the dissolution of the pastoral relation that exists between us, and 
to the severing of those ties of affection, made strong by long years 
of christian fellowship, we do assent in humble reliance upon the 
King and Head of the church, that we each, pastor and people, 
may realize the truth of His declaration, that all things shall work 
together, for good to those that love the Lord." The dissolution of 
this relation was to take effect on the fourth Sabbath of March. 
Mr. Prestley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduated at 
Miami University, in the class of 1852, studied theology at the Theo- 
logical Seminary of the 'West, Oxford, Ohio, A. R. P. church; was 
licensed by the First Presbytery of Ohio, April, 1854; ordained by 
the Presbytery of Big Spring, 1855 ; supplied a church at Pottsville, 
Pennsylvania, from May, 1855, to November; 1856; when he was 
called to, and installed pastor of, the First Associate Reformed Pres- 
byterian church of Chillicothe. In April, 1869, with this church, 
he united with the Presbytery of Chillicothe, Old School. In 
1875, Mr. Prestley accepted a call to the First Church, Tuscola, 
Illinois. In November, 1876, he accepted the call of the First 
Church, Decatur, Illinois, and was installed pastor in June, 1877, 
which relation continued until January, 1889, when he presented 
his resignation. 

At Bloomingburgh, April 13th and 14th, 1875, Mr. Grand Girard 
accepted a call from the Mount Pleasant church, and John Barrett 
was appointed to preside and preach, George Carpenter to give the 
charge to the people, and H. W. Biggs to the pastor, at his installa- 
tion which was to take place at such time as the committee and 
congregation should appoint. The Rev. Samuel Davies Smith was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Columbus. Mr. Smith was born 
J anuary 17, 1817, in Clinton township, Franklin county, Ohio. He 
united with the church at Worlhington, of which church his father 
was an elder. He prepared for college at Mount Holly, New Jersey ; 
attended college for a time at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, but 
graduated from Oberlin, Ohio, in 1840, and in theology, also, at 
Oberlin, in 1843. He was ordained by the Lorain County Associa- 
tion, and soon after settled, as stated supply, in Covington, Indiana, 
where he remained four years. In 1844 he was received into Craw- 
fordsville Presbytery. He supplied Wabash City church three years, 
beginning in 1848. Being then in Fort Wayne Presbytery, he 
organized there the churches of Pleasant Grove and La Gro. In 
1851 he was received into Dayton Presbytery, and supplied Addison 



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and Nashville, and organized Tippecanoe church. In 1854 he went 
to Yellow Springs, organized the church there, and was installed 
pastor for one-half of his time, June 21, 1855, preaching the other 
half at Morrow. After four years labor at Yellow Springs, he 
resigned his pastorate there, and, for two and a half years, gave his 
whole time to Morrow. In 1860 he removed to Lyme, Huron county 
Ohio, where he remained until 1864; then, for three years, he was 
agent for the American Bible Society. In 1868 he began preaching 
at Delhi, Delaware county, and continued there over three years. 
After he left our Presbytery he preached at West Rushville, Bethel 
and Bremen, until 1878, when he began preaching at Reynoldsburgh 
and Grove City. In 1882 he went to Lithopolis, where, in the 
Minutes of 1888, he is marked as stated supply. He was once Mod- 
erator of the Synod of Cincinnati. The pastoral relation existing 
between Joseph Provost and the Mowrytown church was dissolved, 
and Mr. Provost was dismissed to the "French Protestant Evan- 
gelical Church of Canada," he having received a call from the French 
Church of Montreal. B. H. Lea, a licentiate, was received from the 
Presbytery of Union. The following paper was adopted: "Resolved; 
That Presbytery recommend to the ladies of our several churches, to 
hold a convention in Chillicothe, on the first Tuesday of Septeinber, 
for the purpose of organizing a 'Ladies' Presbyterial Missionary 
Society.' Resolved further; That we recommend that each congre- 
gation send two ladies to represent it, in said convention." 

At Wilkesville, September 14th and 15th, 1875, the Rev. James 
R. Collier was dismissed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati, in whose 
bounds he had been laboring since his ordination. The Rev. J . A. I. 
Lowes was dismissed to the Presbytery of Portsmouth. Mr. Lowes 
was born September 3, 1816, in Warren county, Ohio, twenty miles 
from Cincinnati. He united with the church of Pisgah, in the Cin- 
cinnati Presbytery, when about eleven years old, graduated from 
Miami University, with the class of 1841, studied theology in the 
A. R. Seminary there, under Dr. Claybaugh; was licensed by the 
Presbytery of Oxford, March 23, 1843. After his ordination, by the 
Presbytery of Chillicothe, he preached at New Market two years, 
then preached at Mount Carmel, Indiana, two years; came to Salem, 
as principal of the Academy, in 1848; went to Oxford, in the fall of 
1870, taught in Miami University until the fall of 1872; taught in the 
University of Wooster from 1872 to 1873; returned to Oxford, while 
the University was closed, and taught, with Professor Bishop, a 
private school, in the University building at Oxford, one year; then 
preached two years at Felicity and Cedron churches in Portsmouth 




Rev. H . W. Guthrie, 

Cbdllioottie, Ohio. 



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Presbytery; superintended the public schools at New Richmond, 
Ohio, from 1876 to 1881; then went to Portsmouth, in 1881, and 
superintended the public schools there, for two years, since which 
time he has been teaching a private school in Portsmouth. There 
may be better men than Mr. Lowes, but they are not plenty. 

Heber Gill and J. B. Johnston were permitted to labor out of 
bounds, until the Spring meeting. Charles Brouillette and Charles 
Chavez were licensed. Mr. Brouillette was taken under care of Pres- 
bytery, at this meeting, and passed his parts of trial, the subjects 
of which are not given, except sermon on Phil. 2: 12-13. Mr. Chavez, 
not speaking English, his exercises were in French, and were given 
to E. Grand Girard, R. C. Galbraith, Jr., and elder Fred. Druhot, to 
examine. This committee reporting favorably, the two brethren 
were licensed, Wednesday, September 16th, 1875. Mr. Chavez's 
popular lecture was from Rom. 8: 1-4, and sermon from Mat. 7: 13-14. 
He was educated at Montreal, Canada. B. H. Lea was ordained; 
S. D. Crothers presided, R. C. Galbraith, Jr., preached, and Clark 
Kendall gave the charge to the evangelist. The ordination was 
Wednesday, September 15. The Rev. Hugh Wylie Guthrie was 
received from the Presbytery of Columbus. Mr. Guthrie was born 
near Mount Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, November 22, 1827. He 
joined the Blooming Grove Presbyterian church, Richland Presby- 
tery, O. S., October 22, 1844; prepared for college at Martinsburg 
Academy, Knox county, Ohio ; graduated at Ohio University, Athens, 
August 4, 1852, and at the Western Theological Seminary, Alleghany 
City, Pennsylvania, in May, 1856. He was licensed by Alleghany 
City Presbytery, O. S., April 10, 1855, and ordained, as an evangelist, 
by the same Presbytery, April 9, 1856; was missionary for five years, 
among the Chippewa and Otoe Indians, in Michigan, and Kansas 
Territory; preached five years in Goshen Presbyterian church, in the 
Presbytery of Cincinnati; for five years in Mount Carmel church, in 
Whitewater Presbytery; two years in Russelville and Sardinia 
churches, Ripley Presbytery, N. S.; five years in New Holland and 
Mount Sterling churches, in Columbus Presbytery; five years in 
North Fork and Concord churches, and six years in Union and 
Memorial churches, in this Presbytery. Mr. Guthrie began to supply 
Concord and North Fork churches immediately after Mr. Gill ceased 
preaching to these churches, in 1875 ; he also, for some months, sup- 
plied the First Church, Chillicothe. During the war, at which time 
he was preaching at Goshen, he rendered service at Camp Dennison, 
in the hospitals, and by occasional preaching to the transient regi- 
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Commission, in hospital work at Chattanooga, after the battle of 
Chickamauga; and at the time of the famous John Morgan raid, 
answered the call for troops, and served at Camp Dennison and in 
forced march in pursuit of Morgan's marauding band. In the work 
of preparing this History for the press, Mr. Guthrie has rendered 
very great service, for weeks laboring faithfully and cheerfully. I 
acknowledged this labor in the preface, before it was done, because 
I hoped to get it, but the event has proved better than my ex- 
pectations, and I want again to express my sense of obligation. 

A letter was presented to the committee of bills and overtures, 
(R. C. Galbraith, Jr., Clark Kendall and Judge S. F, McCoy,) from 
three members of the First Church, Greenfield requesting that a 
meeting of Presbytery should be appointed to inquire into a matter 
about which they felt aggrieved; but it seemed best to the committee, 
and Presbytery agreed with them, that H. W. Biggs and S. E. Hibben 
should be a committee to visit Greenfield, and endeavor to arrange 
for a quiet settlement of whatever difficulties they might find ex- 
isting there. The members who requested the meeting were members 
of the Masonic fraternity, and the thing that aggrieved them was 
that a lecture, with accompanying illustrations, in opposition to Free 
Masonry, had been delivered in the church. When the committee 
visited Greenfield, to the honor of those who had been aggrieved, 
and also of the officers of the church, it should be recorded that the 
committee found them reasonable, sensible, Christian men, who had 
more confidence in, and esteem for, each other, and for the honor 
of the church, than to permit themselves to be estranged, when they 
came to prayerfully consider the matter, by a thing of this kind, and 
a reconciliation, perfect and complete, was effected, and those who 
belong to the fraternity, and those who do not, have since worked 
together as honest Christian men, having confidence in the Christian 
integrity of each other, as they should always have done, and as it is 
to be hoped they may ever continue to do. This is the last that we 
hear of Masonry, in the action of Presbytery. 

In Presbytery at Washington, October 21, 1875, during the 
session of Synod, Charles Brouillette and Charles Chavez, were 
ordained as evangelists. Mr. Brouillette's trial sermon was from 
Phil. 2: 12-13. Mr. Chavez, not speaking English, E. Grand Girard 
and R. C. Galbraith, Jr., were appointed a committee to examine 
him and hear him read his sermon, and reported favorably to him 
and they were ordained October 21. Mr. Grand Girard preached, 
Mr. Crothers presided, and Mr. Biggs gave the charge to the evan- 
gelists. Mr. Chavez was granted leave to labor out of bounds. The 



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committee to prepare a memorial of tiio Rev. Irwin Carson, presented 
the following report, which was ordered to be put on the records: 
" The Rev. Irwin Carson was born in Ohio county, Virginia, August 
G, 180£>, and educated in West Alexander Academy, and Jefferson 
College. He engaged in teaching in Winchester, Virginia, and 
there began the study of theology, under direction of the Rev. Dr. 
John McClusky, at West Alexander. He was licensed to preach 
Angus: 31, 1839, and ordained in 1813 or 1814, while supplying the 
church of Moundsville. In 1848 he came to Athens, Ohio, to supply 
the pulpit of Dr. Hoge, during his visit to Europe; while there, he 
received an invitation to supply for six months, the First Church, 
Chilli cothe, and, at the expiration of that time, was called to the 
pastorate. He labored successfully in that church, for six and a half 
years. Over seventy members were added to the church during his 
ministry. In 1855, his health failing, he resigned his charge and 
removed to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he preached four years. His 
labors :here were greatly blessed, and to-day that church is one of 
the most nourishing in the State. In 1859 be returned to Ohio, and 
preached for a number of years, as stated supply, to the church of 
Mc Arthur. His health again failing, he removed to Chillicothe, 
bought, property, and resided there till his death, preaching as he 
had opportunity. After suffering for many months, in May 31, 1875, 
he diei, in full assurance and comfort of the gospel he had so 
long preached." 

Si ice the last meeting of Presbytery, the Rev. Alexander Lead- 
better had gone over to the silent majority. Mr. Leadbetter was 
born i l the city of Glasgow, Scotland, on the 3d of April, 1804. 
After i preparatory course, in the grammar school of that city, he 
enteral the University of the same city, October 10, 1820, and went 
through the regular course of studies there required to take the 
degree of A. M. He took a high prize in the Greek class, which had 
enrolled about one hundred and fifty. After taking his degree, at 
the University, he pursued his studies for four years, at the Theo- 
logical Seminary of the Relief Synod, finishing his course there in 
1829, and the same year was licensed to preach by the Relief Presby- 
tery of Glasgow, and for several years labored in the gospel under 
the dii action of that body. In 1834 he came to America, landiug iu 
Ne w ~i ork in September. About a month after landing he. began to 
preach at Somers, Westchester county, New York. In 1836 he 
becamii connected with the Bradford Presbytery, and soon after 
accepted a call from the church of North Salem, and was installed 
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remaining there until 1852. In 1857 lie visited Ohio and remained in 
our Presbytery, laboring as stated supply in the churches of Marshall 
and Rocky Spring, and finally removed to Wilmington, where he 
remained, although not able, during his last years, to preach. He 
died at Wilmington, on the 4th of October, 1875. 

At Greenfield, January 1st, 1876, at a called meeting, the pas- 
toral relation between the Rev. A. B. Brice D. D. and the Second 
church of Greenfield was dissolved, and he was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Athens. Dr. Brice was born at Harmony Furnace, 
Harrison county, West Virginia, Oct. 20, 1818. He prepared for 
college at Greene Academy, Greene county, Pennsylvania, where he 
joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He attended college 
at Alleghany College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, was licensed at 
Millsboro, on the Monongahela, in 1840, and ordained at Bethel 
church, Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, Oct., 1841; after some 
years he was called to edit "The Cumberland Presbyterian," was 
editor seven years ; then was twelve years pastor at Tarlton, Obio, 
and seven years at Beverly, Ohio. Then he went into the Athens, 
and soon after into the Chillicothe Presbytery. After leaving our 
Presbytery, he preached three years at Nelsonville, and then 
preached in the Columbus Presbytery, at Amanda and Greencastle, 
and then at the Greenfield church, in Fairfield county, and at Grove- 
port where he is still pastor, so reported in the Minutes of 1888. He 
has been nearly half a century in the ministry, and still has health 
and strength, and enjoys his work. 

In Presbytery at Hillsborough, April 11th and 12th, 1876, 
Charles Chavez was dismissed to the Presbytery of Maumee. Mr. 
Chavez was born in France. After he was dismissed from our 
Presbytery, he preached, for a time, at Stryker, Ohio; then at St. 
Ann, Illinois, to the Second Presbyterian church; then at Mulberry, 
Kansas, thence he returned to St. Ann, where he joined the Baptist 
church and is still in that connection. Heber Gill had leave to labor 
out of bounds and was granted a certificate of standing. The Rev. 
S. W. Elliott was received from the Presbytery of Louisville. Pres- 
bytery had, as was then required by a standing rule, an evening 
session, spent in hearing addresses, from several of the members, in 
the interest of Sabbath Schools. A standing rule was adopted, 
requiring the administration of the Lord's supper, at each stated 
meeting; which, when convenient, was to follow immediately the 
opening sermon. Diogenes Caron, who had been absent for a long 
time, not answering satisfactorily the letters that the Stated Clerk 
had been directed to write to him, a committee had been appointed 



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to visit him, and made the following report to the Presbytery: 
"The committee, to confer with brother Diogenes Caron, con- 
cerning non attendance upon the meetings of Presbytery, beg leave 
to make the following report: His excuses were that he had not 
time, nor money, to attend. Concerning his wish to be continued as a 
licentiate, he said, 'I do not expert ever to seek regular work, nor do 
I feel that I am qualified for such labor.' We recommend that the 
license of Mr. Caron be withdrawn. 

(Signed) Chas. Brouillette 

B. H. Lea." 

The report was received and adopted, and the Stated Clerk was 
directed to communicate to Mr. Caron, the action of Presbytery in 
his case. The following resolution was adopted: ""Resolved; That 
Presbytary has heard, with great pleasure, that the Woman's Mis- 
sionary Society has appointed its next annual meeting at the same 
time and place as our stated meeting in the fall, and trusts that there 
will be a full representation from all the societies." 

At Chillicothe, May 16, 1876, the Rev. John O. Proctor was 
received from the Presbytery of Wooster, and accepted a call from 
the church at Piketon. H. W. Biggs, W. P. Eastman and S. W. 
Elliott were appointed a committee to install him, at such time as 
should be agreed upon, by the parties. This installation, however, 
did not take place, as Mr. Proctor, on further consideration, conn 
eluded it was his duty to decline the call; he however continued, 
for some time, to supply the church. The Rev. John O. Proctor and 
elder Geo. W. Lauman were appointed a committee to organize a 
church at Buchannon, in Pike county, if the way be clear; this com- 
mittee, however, did not organize a church there, and were after- 
ward discharged. 

At Chillicothe, Sep. 12th and 13th, 1876, the Rev. Charles 
Brouillette was dismissed to the Presbytery of Wiff, Ontario, 
aod the French church was granted leave to procure their own 
supplies. Mr. Brouillette was born in Quebec, Canada, Dec. 6, 1847. 
He was baptized and brought up in the Roman Catholic church, 
until he was ten years old. His parents removed to Illinois, and 
settled in Kankakee county, and left the Roman Catholic church, 
and he joined the Presbyterian church with them at St. Ann, in 
Illinois, in 1857. After a year spent in a collegiate Institute at St. 
Ann, he went to Montreal, Canada, and took a three years course in 
the McGill University, and afterward took three years in theology in 
the Presbyterian College, Montreal, and cama to our Presbytery 
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supplied the Presbyterian church of St. Louis, Province of C'nebec, 
from April, 1877, to Dec, 1879; from January, 1880, to Sep., 1381, he 
was pastor of the church at New Glasgow, Quebec. In Sep., 1881, 
under appointment of our Board of Home Missions, he vent to 
Nebraska and took charge of the church of Alexandria, which church 
he served for five years, and then resigned to take charge of Sower, 
Ohiowa and Tobias, three new churches organized on the territory 
formerly occupied by Alexandria, and is still in charge o : them. 
His P. O. address is Alexandria, Nebraska. The Rev. Heb<>r Gill 
was dismissed to the Presbytery of West Virginia; he is now at 
Earlville, Illinois. The following resolutions were ac opted: 
"Resolved; 1st. That Presbytery has learned, with great pleasure 
and thanksgiving, of the work the Woman's Presby terial Mis sionary 
Society has accomplished, in organizing auxiliary societies in the 
various churches, and in the collection of funds, andthajwedo 
hereby most heartily endorse their efforts, and pledge th?m our 
earnest support. 2nd. Resolved; That we extend them a cordial invi- 
tation to meet at the same time and place of our stated meetings, 
whenever it may suit their convenience and pleasure. 3rd. Resolved; 
That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the socie y, now 
in session, in the Third church of this place." 

At Lebanon, Oct. 20, 1876, at a meeting held during the session 
of Synod of Cincinnati, which body honored itself by choosing for 
its moderator the Rev. D. Samuel Crothers, of our Presbyter?. Mr. 
G. E. Gowdy, a licentiate, was received from the Presbytery of Day- 
ton and accepted a call from the Second church of Greenfield. Mr. 
Gowdy was ordained and installed pastor of that church Friday, 
Dec. 8, 1876. He preached his trial sermon from Job 25: 4, W. J. 
McSurely preached the ordination sermon from Mat. 13: 33. H. W. 
Biggs presided and gave the charge to the pastor and R. K. Camp- 
bell gave charge to the people. At the Lebanon meeting, also, the 
Rev. R. N. Adams was received from the Presbytery of Neosho. The 
relation between Warren Taylor and the Wilkesville chinch was 
dissolved. Fall Creek, Marshall and Belfast were permi:ted to 
employ Mr. J. McDowell, a licentiate, to supply them for oi e year. 
John Thompson was recommended to the Board of Publicat oa as a 
missionary for that Board, for our Presbytery in connection viththe 
Presbytery of Portsmouth. 

Mr. Thompson labored as missionary in the Presby tory for 
some years, and did efficient service. He is now and has teen for 
some years, working as a missionary, looking after the poor, etc., 
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acquaintance with bim was at a Sabbath School celebration, in a 
grove near Lyndon. He had a board set up as a shelf, and was 
standing behind it, with some books laid on it. I bought one of 
his books and left it with him, until it was time to start for home; in 
the meantime, I fell in with one of my neighbors, from near Frank- 
fort, who had gone up on the train and invited him to take a seat 
with me in my wagon, on his return, which invitation he accepted. 
When the time to start came, I went to get my book, and while Mr. 
Thompson was tying it up, my friend, who was quite an exhorter, 
and even had license to preach, though not in our denomination, 
picked up "Hodge, on the Atonement ;" when Thompson, with an 
Irishman's desire to make a sale, and a North of Ireland brogue, 
which I wish I could write down, said, "That is a fine book, my 
friend; I'd advise ye till buy it." "Oh, I don't know," said my 
friend, "I have read a great many books on the Atonement, and none 
of them have satisfied me." "Well," said Thompson, "buy this one, 
ye'll find the truth, it gives the true doctrine." "I guess," said the 
exhorter," I'd find it, like all the rest, nothing but blood, blood; for 
my part, 1 never could see anything, in the character of the Lord, 
that would make him to be pleased with blood." I then thought, I 
must say something, and so said, "Without shedding of blood, is no 
remission." When he said, "Yes, I know Paul says that, but then I 
never could see the use of it; I like to look at things in a common 
sense sort of a way." Then Thompson, laying aside his salesman's 
voice, and assuming a fatherly tone, said, "My friend, I'd like till 
give ye a little bit of advice, and that is not to read anything on 
the subject; it takes a man of purty strong mind till understand 
it, and if you go on at it, you'll get yourself all through other, and 
wont know what you believe, at all, at all." That shot finished him 
and I saw that Thompson didn't need any help from me. 

At Washington C. H., April 10th and 11th, 1877, T. M. Steven- 
son was dismissed to the Presbytery of Dubuque. Mr. Stevenson 
was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, February 19, 1828, grad- 
uated from Muskingum College, at New Concord, in 1851, taught 
one year in an Academy at West Carlisle, and then was Superin- 
tendent of Union Schools, Dresden, Ohio; in 1856, he to^k charge 
of the Union Schools in McConnelsville, Ohio. In 1860, he went 
to the Seminary of the North West, Chicago, was licensed to preach 
by Zanesville Presbytery in 1861, ordained and became chaplain of 
the 78th Regiment O. V. I., in 1862, in which position he remained to 
the close of th« war, in 1865, then for three years was again super- 
intendent of Schools at McConnelsville and supplied Deerfield, and 



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Bristol churches. In 1868, he was called to the church of New 
Plymouth then in connection with the Hocking Presbytery. When 
he left our Presbytery he went to Hop kinton, Iowa, where he 
preached until 1880 when he again became" pastor of New Plymouth, 
which had been;, transferred to, Athens Presbytery. He continued 
as pastor of New Plymouth and Berea churches until 1888, when he 
resigned and settled in Dresden, and again supplied for a time the 
churches of .Bristol and Deerneld.r The Bristol church he still 
supplies one-half the time and spends tho other half of his time 
among the vacant churches.^ Benjamin H. Lea was dismissed to 
the Presbytery of Logansport; Mr. Lea, had supplied New Market, 
Marshall, Belfast and Bethel; John B. Johnston to the Southern 
Association of Illinois, and John O. Proctor to the Presbytery of 
Wooster. John O. Proctor was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 
October 30, 1818, graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, with 
the class of 1839; studied theology one year at Princeton; the rest 
of the time privately, part of the time with the Rev. Dr. Alex. T. 
McGill; he was licensed by the Carlisle Pi esbytery, April 13, 1843, 
and ordained by the same, May 29, 1843; was pastor in Williams- 
port and Hancock, Maryland, from May 29, 1843, to January 1, 1853. 
He preached in Virginia, to the Gererdstown and Tuscarora 
churches from January 1, 1853, to May 28, 1861; to the Dillsburgh 
and Petersburgh churches, in Pennsylvai ia, from April 1, 1862, to 
April 20, 1865, and from May 1, 1865, :o May 1, 1866, to the 
Buck Creek church in Ohio. From May 1, 1866 to May 1, 
1873, he preached to the Lexington and Bellville churches in 
Ohio; from May 1, 1873 to May 1, 1875, he preached to the Utica 
and Bellville churches; then, for half his time from May 1, 1875, to 
April 1, 1876, to the Ontario church in Ohio. After leaving our 
Presbytery, he supplied the Clear Fork church, in the Presbytery of 
Wooster, half his time from December 23, 1877, to April, 1878. He 
preached to the Doylestown and Holmesvilla churches from April 1, 
1878, to April 1, 1879; after which he preached, for another year to 
the Doylestown church; from May 15, 1881, to October, 1881, he 
preached, for half time, to the Ontario church, since which time he 
has had no regular charge. He resides in Wooster, Ohio. Vinet 
E. Taylor who had been taken under th-a care of Presbytery, at 
Wilkesville, September 14th and 15th, 1375, having passed his 
parts of trial satisfactorily, was licensed, Wednesday April 11, 1877. 
Vinet E. Taylor was born at Farmington, Ohio, September 19, 1849; 
he joined the church at Wilkesville, Ohio, in the spring of 1867; 
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theology, at Lane Seminary, leaviDg there, in the SpriDg of 1882, 
there beiDg an interval of four years, between his second and 
third years. His parts of trial, for license, were, Exegesis Pec- 
cati eventum in patef actionem divinam;" critical exercise 1 Tim. 
3: 14-16; lecture Luke 7: 36-50, and sermon Ps, 127: 1, first 
clause. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Larned, April 8, 
1878; preached in Ness county, Kansas, from August 25, 1877, to 
August 25, ]879; at Ludlow, Kentucky, from May, 1882, to August, 
1884, and has preached, at West LebanoD, Indiaoa, from 1884 until 
recently when he became stated supply, at Mahomet, Illinois. 

At South Salem, July 24, 1877, the Rev. John Noble was 
received from the Presbytery of Athens, and Mr. John O. Pierce, a 
licentiate, from the Presbytery of Palmyra. Mr. Pierce accepted a 
call from the Third church of Chillicothe, preached a trial sermon, 
and was ordained, Mr. Biggs presided and preached the ordination 
sermoo, from 2nd. Cor. 5: 14. Thursday July 26, at 7:45 P. M., 
was appointed for Mr. Pierce's installation; R. K. Campbell to 
preside and give the charge to the people, Geo. E. G-owdy to preach 
the sermon, and R. C. Galbraith Jr., to give charge to the pastor. 
The installation took place, at the time appointed. John Owen 
Pierce was born in Carthage, Rush County, Indiana, October 15, 
1845. He prepared for college at Watson Seminary, Ashley, Mis- 
souri. He was matriculated at Westminster College, Missouri, in 
the fall of 1870 and graduated with the class of 1873. In 1874 he 
entered the Theological Seminary at Princeton remaining there two 
years; his third year was taken at the Union Theological Seminary 
in New York city, from which he graduated in the spring of 1877. 
He joined the Presbyterian church at Ashley, Missouri, in December, 
1866, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Palmyra in the spring 
of 1875, while still a student of theology, and spent his summer 
vacation preaching at Weston, Missouri. The next summer vacation 
he preached to the church at Mound City, Missouri, and raised 
money enough to build a church near that place. 

In Presbytery at Pisgah, September 25th and 26th 1877, 
Clark B. Gillette was received from the Presbytery of Steuben, and a 
call was put into his hands, from Piketon, which he held under 
advisement, but did not ever accept, and in Presbytery, at Chillico- 
the the next March, the 26th, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Genessee. Mr. Gillette was born at Perrington, Monroe County, 
New York, graduated at Union Collage, 1871, was at Union Theo- 
logical Seminary, 1870-72, and at Auburn, 1872-3. He was licensed 
June 1, 1873, by Rochester Presbytery, and ordained October 22, 



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1873 by Northumberland Presbytery, was pastor at Emporium, Penn- 
sylvania, 1873-5, stated supply at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1875; 
Campbelltown 1875-1877, Waverly, Ohio, 1877-1878. Oakfield and 
Elba, New York, 1878-1881. pastor at Nelson, Pennsylvania, 1881- 
1885; at Parker City 1885-1886, and at Franklin Street church, 
Elmira, New York, 1886, where he is still pastor. He went into the 
army as private, in the 33d N. Y. V. I. in August, 1862, and received 
his discharge November 25, 1865, at which time he was captain in 
the 23d U S. Colored Infantry. S. P. Dillon was received from the 
Presbytery of Portsmouth, and R. N. Adams and John Noble were 
appointed a committee to install him, at New Plymouth, to which 
church, he accepted a call, the time for the installation was left to 
the discretion of the committee; Warren Taylor was dismissed to the 
Presbytery of St. Clairsville, and Vinet E. Taylor, a licentiate, to the 
care of the Presbytery of Emporia. The relation between Clark 
Kendall, and the Church of BloomiDgburgh, was dissolved. 

At Troy, Oct. 19, 1877, during the session of Synod, the New 
Plymouth church petitioned Presbytery to unite with it in requesting 
Synod to transfer it to the Presbytery of Athens, which petition was 
granted, and in due time, the transfer was made. S. P. Dillon was 
" dismissed to the Presbytery of Athens. In the Assembly's Minutes 
for 1888, he is marked S. S., Litchfield, Nebraska. 

At Memorial church, April 30th, May 1, 1878, the committee 
that had been appointed to visit Sharonville, reported that they had 
organized a church there of sixteen members, to be known as the 
Omega Presbyterian church. Piketon and Omega presented a call 
for R. N. Adams, which he accepted, and John Barrett and S. D. 
Crothers were appointed a committee to install him, which they did 
June 13, 1878. The parts of service performed by each are not 
stated. John N. Wright, Milton E Caldwell and J. N. Ervin were 
licensed, May 1st. Mr. Wright had been taken under care of Pres- 
bytery, at Chillicothe, May 16, 1876, and had assigned him as parts 
of trial, for Latin exegesis, "Quomodo peccator JustiUcatus est?" 
for critical exercise, 2nd Cor. 5: 20-21; for popular lecture, Eph. 
2: 1-7; and for sermon, 1 Pet. 4: 18. Mr. Caldwell had been taken 
under care of Presbytery at South Salem, July 24, 1877, his parts of 
trial are not given, except lecture on Isa. 50: 1-9. Mr. Ervin was 
taken under care cf Presbytery, at this meeting, and passed all his 
parts of trial, the subjects are not given, except his sermon, on 1 Tim. 
1: 10. After these brethren were licensed, on the same day, Mr. 
J ohn N. Wright, having been accepted, by the Board, as a mission- 
ary to Persia, was ordained, R. K. Campbell presided and offered th 



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ordaining prayer, Geo. Carpenter preached from Mat. 16: 15-16, and 
R. C. Galbraith, Jr., gave the charge to the evangelist. 

Since the last meeting of Presbytery one of the members had 
taken his departure for the better land; the Rev. Luke DeWitt, who 
was born in Herkimer county, N.'Y., 1797: studied at Fairfield Col- 
lege, graduated at Auburn Seminary, 1828; was ordained at Utica, 
and preached three years, at Litchfield, New York, then became 
pastor at Salem, Ohio, and spent most of his remaining life there, 
and in Athens Presbytery. "A private letter says of him: As a min- 
ister he was very successful, if the number of souls one has been 
instrumental in saving, is to be the standard of success. I know of 
one place, in the early part of his ministry, where, in a great revival, 
that lasted for nearly a year, between two and three hundred were 
converted, and I have heard him say that he never knew of but two 
that went back. Quite a number of them became ministers. I 
think he would gladly have gone to Greenland, or to the South Sea 
Islands, if God had only said 'Go.' His salary was always a sec- 
ondary consideration with him. He was at the General Assembly 
that met at Philadelphia, at the time the church was divided into 
Old and New School. He lived to see them again united. During 
his last sickness he often made such expressions as, 'What a blessed 
hope the gospel gives,' 'Sweet rest, sweet rest,' 'The land of Buelah, 
its scenes delight, its prospects enchant me.' " The above is from 
the Necrological report of Auburn Seminary. Mr. De Witt died at 
his home, near Lattas, Ross county, Ohio, of pneumonia, Oct. 31, 
1877, aged 80 years. 

At South Salem, Sep. 24th and 25th, 1878, Samuel C. Kerr was 
received from the Presbytery of Columbus, and S. W. Elliott was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Crawfordsville; he however did not 
present his certificate of dismission to that Presbytery, but returned 
it at the meeting in Frankfort, the next April. 

Presbytery met at Ripley, Oct. 18, 1878, during the session of 
Synod, and Joseph Provost returned the certificate which had been 
granted him, at a former meeting; his name was enrolled, and the 
French church had leave to employ him as stated supply. 

A called meeting was held at Greenfield, Dec. 3, 1878, when the 
relation between the Rev. Geo. E. Gowdy and the Second church of 
that place was dissolved and Mr. Gowdy was dismissed to the Pres- 
bytery of Dayton. Mr. Gowdy was born at Xenia, Ohio. Dec. 27, 
1848. He united with the Presbyterian church of Oxford, Ohio, in 
1869, was licensed to preach by the Dayton Presbytery in 1874, took 
his collegiate course in Miami University, graduating in 1872, studied 

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Theology in Lane Seminary, graduating in 1875. This was followed 
with a Post Graduate course of one year at Princeton. In Decem- 
ber, 1876, he was ordained and installed pastor of the Second Pres- 
byterian church of Greenfield, which he served till Dec. 1st, 1878. 
From that time till the present he has been serving the New Jersey 
church at Carlisle, Ohio. 

At Frankfort, April 8th and 9th, 1879, the Rev. Ferdinand Von 
Krug was received from the Presbytery of Portsmouth and accepted 
a call from the Bloomingburgh church; W. J. McSurely was 
appointed to preside and preach, R. K. Campbell to give the charge 
to the people, and R. N. Adams to the pastor. The installation took 
place, May 25. Hamden was permitted to employ J. M. Nourse as 
stated supply; Union and G-reenland, W. P. Eastman. New Market, 
Marshal and Belfast presented a call for J. G. Galbreath, a licen- 
tiate, who had been supplying them "through the winter," and W. 
J. McSurely was appointed a committee to make arrangements for 
his installation. Milton E. Caldwell, a licentiate, was dismissed to 
the care of the Presbytery of Cleveland. S. D. Crothers resigned 
his office as treasurer of Presbytery, and Geo. Carpenter was elected 
in his place. 

At New Market, September 9th and 10th, 1879, John N. Ervin 
was dismissed to the care of the Presbytery of Ebenezer. Mr. Ervin 
united with the Greenfield church in September, 1869, graduated 
from the University of Wooster, June, 1875, from Lane Seminary, 
May, 1879. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Ebenezer, and 
installed pastor of the church in Dayton, Kentucky, April, 1880; he 
had supplied that church from August, 1879; he is still its pastor. 
S. W. Elliott was continued stated supply at Wilmington. Hamden 
and McArthur were permitted to employ R. G. Lewis; Union and 
Greenland, W. P. Eastman; and Wilkesville, Mr. Welsh. H. W. 
Biggs resigned the office of Stated Clerk, and Robert K. Campbell 
was elected in his place; Robert N. Adams was elected Perma- 
nent Clerk, and George Carpenter, Treasurer, all for three years; 
Presbytery having, at this meeting, determined to elect these officers 
for a term of years, and not as formerly for an indefinite period, 
and also added to its list of officers a Permanent Clerk. James G. 
Galbreath, a licentiate from the Athens Presbytery, was received to 
our care and accepted a call from New Market, Bethel, Marshall and 
Belfast. He preached a trial sermon, for ordination, from Isa. 12: 2. 
H. W. Biggs presided, R. K. Campbell preached, S. D. Crothers gave 
the charge to the pastor, and John Barrett to the people, at the ordi- 
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Wednesday, September 10, 1879. The services were held in the 
Baptist church, a very handsome building, which was kindly offered 
for that purpose, the Presbyterian church not being large enough 
to hold the people. W. J. McSurely and S. D. Crothers, with such 
ruling elders as they should select, were appointed to install Mr. 
Galbreath in the other churches, and he was installed at Belfast, 
September 14th; at Bethel, 15th, aDd at Marshall the 16th of the same 
month. James Gill Galbreath was born at Spring Hills, Champaign 
county, Ohio, October 29, 1850. He united with the Mount Pleasant 
church, Ross county, on profession of his faith, January, 1869: pre- 
pared for college at Vermillion Institute, Haysville, Ohio ; graduated 
at Marietta, with the class of 1875; studied theology at Lane Semi- 
nary ; graduated there in 1879, and was licensed at Nelsonville, Ohio, 
by the Presbytery of Athens, April 13, 1878. 

The committee appointed to prepare an obituary minute of the 
Rev. John Noble, reported the following, which was read and ordered 
to be spread upon the records, and a copy sent to the widow of the 
deceased: "John Noble, a member of this Presbytery, and pastor of 
the church in Wilkesville, Vinton county, died March 25, 1879, aged 
fifty-six years. He was born in 1822, in Berea, Hamilton county, 
Ohio. In 1841 he united with the Presbyterian church of Elizabeth 
and Berea. In 1853 he graduated at Miami University. His theo- 
logical studies were pursued at Lane Seminary; after graduating 
there, he labored for a time in Sabbath-school and mission work. 
After this he preached at Newport, and Warren, in Washington 
county, and then at Wilkesville. An elder in this, his third and last 
charge, writes of him: "Brother Noble was greatly loved by his 
congregation and the community. His love for the good of souls, 
and his manifest trust in Christ, brought, him near the hearts of 
men.' He was so short a time connected with this Presbytery that 
he was not much known by its members; but a good report comes 
from those who did know him, and we believe that he lived and died 
in the fear and love of God, and so is one of the blessed ones who 
have entered upon their reward.'' 

In Presbytery at Hamden, September 30, 1879, the pastoral 
relation existing between S. P. Dunham aDd the Bainbridge church 
was dissolved, and S. C. Kerr was appointed to declare the pulpit 
vacant. A request was presented that the Second Church of Green- 
field should be dissolved, to take effect the 27th of November next, 
which was granted, and the Stated Clerk was directed to give $t such 
certificates as may be necessary to carry out this action." R, G. 
Lewis, a licentiate pf the Presbytery of Portsmouth, was received, 



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ordained as an evangelist, and made stated supply of Hamden 
and Mc Arthur. His trial sermon was from 1st Chron. 28: 8. S. P. 
Dunham presided, S. D. Crothers preached and J. O. Pierce gave the 
charge. 

The Rev. Richard Gregg Lewis was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, 
February 28, 1850; united with the First Presbyterian church of that 
place, in the winter of 1866-7; he graduated from Portsmouth high 
school, June, 1867; attended Salem Academy from January, 1869, to 
July, 1870; graduated from Marietta College, June, 1876, and from 
Lane Seminary, May, 1879. He preached at West Union, Ohio, from 
June to September, 1878, and at Hamden and McArthur, from June, 
1879, to June, 1880. He then moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, since which 
time he has had no regular charge, but supplied Mona for about two 
years, and from April 22, 1886, to December 7, 1888, was editor and 
proprietor of the Scioto Gazette. 

The Presbyterian church, in the United States, in 1880, had 5,044 
ministers, 5,489 churches, received on. profession of faith, 26,838, 
and had 578,671 communicants. 



CHAPTER X. 

When Presbytery met in Greenfield, April 13th and 14th, 1880, 
there were on its rolls, as reported to the General Assembly, 
twenty-four ministers and thirty-three churches. The pastors were 
Emilius Grand Girard of Mount Pleasant church; Henry W. Biggs, 
D. D., First Chillicothe; George Carpenter, Washington; Robert 
K. Campbell, South Salem; Wm. J. McSurely, Hillsborough; 
Samuel D. Crothers, Greenfield; John Barrett, Pisgah ; Robert N. 
Adams, Piketon and Omega; Ferdinand V. Krug, Bloomingburgh; 
John O. Pierce, Third Chillicothe, and S. S. at Mona; and James G. 
Galbreath, New Market, Bethel, Belfast and Marshall. The stated 
supplies were Nathaniel M. Urmston, so marked in Minutes but not 
stated what church he supplied; Samuel P. Dunham, Memorial; 
Wm. P. Eastman, Union and Greenland; H. W. Guthrie, North Fork 
and Concord; Robert C. Galbraith, Jr., Frankfort; Joseph Provost, 
French Church; Richard G. Lewis, Hamden and McArthur. 
Without charge, Clark Kendall, who had moved out of bounds 
and was residing at Xenia; Samuel C. Kerr, Lyndon, John A. 
Putz, Zaleski, and Samuel J. Miller, Washington C. H. S. W. Elliott 
was marked in transitu; John N. Wright, Foreign Missionary, 
Tabriz, Persia. Wilkesville church was at that time supplied by a 
Cumberland Presbyterian, temporarily. Bainbridge, Wilmington, 
Zaleski, Cynthiana, Sinking Spring, Fall Creek and New Peters- 
burgh were vacant. 

The Rev. Samuel W. Elliott was dismissed to the Presbytery 
of Crawfordsyille. S. W. Elliott, Ph. D., was born near Dayton, 
Indiana, November 29, 1844, united with the church of Hanover, 
Indiana, in 1863, went through the Sophomore year at Hanover 
College, Indiana, graduated from Washington and Jefferson 
College, Pennsylvania, with the class of 1867, and from the theolog- 
ical seminary at Alleghany in 1870. He was licensed by the Presby- 
tery of Logansport, in 1870, and from J une, 1870, to February, 1874, 
preached at Woodburn and Russel, Iowa. He was ordained by the 
Presbytery of Des Moines, J une, 1871. From January, 1875, to J an- 
uary, 1876, preached to the Warren Church, Louisville, Kentucky; 
from July, 1876, to December, 1879, preached at Wilmington, Ohi©; 
from December, 1879, to October, 1882, preached at Thorntown 
Indiana. From November, 1882, to January 22, 1868, preached at 



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West Union, Ohio, and began preaching to the Mount Pleasant 
Church, Kingston, Ohio, January 29, 1888. S. P. Dunham was 
made stated supply at Memorial. Wilkesville was permitted to 
employ Mr. Welsh, of the Cumberland church until next fall. W. J. 
McSurely, ft. K. Campbell, S. D. Crothers, Marshall F. Nelson, 
Strawder J. Parrott and Samuel Stewart, the committee that had 
been appointed to organize a church at New Petersburgh, reported 
that duty performed the 12th of October last. On the day of the 
organization forty-five members were received, forty-four from the 
Second Greenfield and one from the First Greenfield church. Allen 
Strain was elected and installed ruling elder. C. F. Wise, a ruling 
elder, from that church, which was now enrolled, took his seat as a 
member of Presbytery. R, N. Adams and S. F. McCoy were 
appointed a committee to visit Zaleski, ''ascertain the condition of 
things, and if deemed best to disband the church." "The following 
resolutions were adopted: 1st. Resolved; That the trustees and 
treasurer of each congregation under the care of this Presbytery, 
be required to present semi-annually to such congregation, a de- 
tailed statement of its financial condition. 2nd. Resolved; That the 
report of the performance or non-performance of this duty, be in- 
cluded in the report to Presbytery of the settlement with pastor or 
stated supply. 3d. Resolved; That the pastors and stated supplies 
of the churches, which have not heretofore had such reports, be in- 
structed to read these resolutions to their congregations at the 
earliest convenient opportunity." 

In Presbytery at North Fork, July 13, 1880, Milton E. Caldwell 
was received from the Presbytery of Cleveland. Mr. Caldwell was 
born near South Salem, February 25. 1849, prepared for college at 
Salem Academy, and graduated from Wooster, in 1875, and from 
Western Theological Seminary in Alleghany, in 1879. He was 
ordained by the Presbytery of Cleveland at Collamer, December 
9, 1879; from June 1st, 1879, to June 1st, 1880, he preached as stated 
supply at Northfield, in the Presbytery of Cleveland. September 8, 
1880, he left for Bogota, South America, where he is doing excellent 
work as a Foreign Missionary, and is stated supply of the church 
there, which is on our roll, Mr. Caldwell being still a member of 
our Presbytery. 

In Presbytery at Mowrytown September 14th and 15th, 1880, 
the pastoral relation between the Rev. J. O. Pierce, and the Third 
Church of Chillicothe was dissolved and the church was granted 
leave to procure its own supplies until the next spring meeting. 
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of the Presbytery of Cincinnati. Wilkesville was permitted to unite 
with the Cumberland Presbyterian church of Harrisonville in 
the support of a pastor, "at the same time advising the church, 
to secare, if practicable, the services of a minister of our own 
denomination." The following resolutions in reference to supplies 
were adopted: "1st. That each church, served by a stated supply, 
shall annually ask permission of Presbytery to supply its own pulpit, 
and every minister, so supplying the pulpit, shall be annually ap- 
pointed to that service. 2nd. That no vacant church shall be per- 
mitted to make arrangements for the supply of its pulpit, without 
first asking and obtaining the consent of Presbytery to such arrange- 
ment ; that in the interim of the meetings of Presbytery, the commit- 
tee on vacant churches, shall be a commission of Presbytery to 
act in all such cases. 3rd. That it shall be considered just ground of 
complaint to his own Presbytery, for any minister, belonging to 
another Presbytery, to labor within our bounds, or to enter into 
engagement to supply any vacant church under our care, without 
having first obtained leave either of Presbytery or of its committee 
so to do. 4th. That the Stated Clerk be instructed to publish the 
foregoing in the Herald and Presbyter." The Synod this Fall chose 
the Rev. W. J. McSurely of our Presbytery for its moderator. 

In Presbytery at Chillicothe, October 22, 1880, the Rev. Wm. 
M. Galbreath was received from the Presbytery of Belief ontaine. 
William Morrison Galbreath was born on Broad Creek, Harford 
county, Maryland, August 11, 1813, graduated at Jefferson Col- 
lege, 1835, and at Princeton Theological Seminarv in 1838. He was 
licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle O. S. in Lower Chanceford 
church, September, 1838, ordained by the Presbytery of Marion 
O. S. June 10, 1839, and installed pastor of the churches of Milford 
Centre and Lower Liberty; he remained there nine years; being 
laid aside from preaching, with a sore throat, he engaged in teaching 
for one year, and then, in 1850 became pastor of Springhills and 
Logansville ; after four or five years gave up Springhills, but con- 
tinued at Logansville, and organized a church in De Graff to which 
he preached, together with Logansville, serving in the pastorate of 
these churches until 1866. He also in connection with these sup- 
plied the church of Covington more than three years, and the 
church of Mt. Jefferson more than four years, and in 1865, organized 
the church of Turtle Creek which he supplied for hree years. 
His throat difficulty returning he went to Kingston, Ohio, and 
was Principal of the Academy there, five terms. After this, he 
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Greenfield, in Fairfield county, Presbytery of Columbus; he was 
stated supply of the church of Barlow two years, and of 
Watertown one, in the Athens Presbytery; was stated supply 
for Olive church, for two years, and Caldwell one, in the Pres- 
bytery of St. Clairsville; then of Beechgrove church in Athens 
Presbytery three years . In 1877, he had a spell of sickness which 
made him unable to preach for several years, and after remaining 
idle for a year, he took charge of the public schools of Rushsylvania, 
Logan county, and continued there for nearly three years, when 
broken in health he removed to Greenfield, Ohio, and so came into 
our Presbytery, in which he has supplied the church of Hamden 
for two years, Wilkesville three years and Piketon one, each for half 
the time. The Rev. Norman Jones was received from the Presby- 
tery of Fort Wayne. During his absence from Presbytery, Mr. 
Jones had preached six years to the church of Decatur, to the pas- 
torate of which he was called when leaving our Presbytery. He 
then removed to Bluffton, also in Indiana, where he supplied the 
church for 18 months and in the spring of 1880, returned to 
Washington O. H., where he still resides. The Rev. Clark 
Kendall was dismissed to the Presbytery of Dayton. Clark 
Kendall was born at Xenia, Ohio, January 14, 1825, graduated 
from Miami University with the class of 1845, studied theology 
under Dr. Claybaugh at Oxford, Ohio, at which place he became a 
member of the Associate Reformed church. He was licensed to 
preach by the Presbytery of Springfield, in the Spring of 1848, was 
ordained and installed pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian 
church, Buffalo, New York, inthe Spring of 1849, by the Presby- 
tery of the Lakes, and remained in that pastorate for 22 years, 
when he came into our Presbytery. After leaving Bloomingburgh 
where he was pastor for five years, he organized a Presbyterian 
church at Seven Mile, Ohio, and preached to it for one year, since 
which time he has had no regular charge. His residence is in 
Xenia, Ohio. 

At a called meeting in the parsonage of the First Church 
Chillicothe, March 5, 1881, the pastoral relation between the Rev. 
Robert N. Adams and Waverly and Piketon was dissolved and Mr. 
Adams was dismissed to the Presbytery of Red River. Robert 
N. Adams, D. D. was born, in Fayette county, Ohio, September 15, 
1835, prepared for college in the Greenfield High School, entered 
the Freshman class in Miami University, in September, 1858, and 
near the completion of his junior year, enlisted as a private in a 
company composed principally of students of the University. He 



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was in the service four years and four months, was successively 
private, captain, lieutenant-colonel, colonel and brigadier-general 
At the close of the war he studied theology privately for one year, 
and then in 1867, he entered the Seminary at Alleghany where he 
remained for two years. He was stated supply at Hamden and 
McArthur, live years, and pastor of the First Presbyterian church, 
at Ottawa, Kansas, for three years. In the Spring of 1877, he was 
installed at Waverly, Ohio. In 1880 he was called to the pastorate 
of the First Presbyterian church of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where 
he remained for six years. In the fall of 1886, he was appointed 
by the Synod of Minnesota, Superintendent of Missions for that 
State, which position he still holds. 

In Presbytery at Hillsborough, April I2th, and 13th, 1881, the 
Rev. Wilson C. Hollyday was received from the Presbytery of Des 
Moio.es and the Rev. George R. Beecher from the Presbytery of 
Cincinnati. G. B. Beecher was born Sep. 7th, 1841, at Zanesville, O. 
He united with Plymouth church, Brooklyn, in the spring of 1858, 
Graduated from Yale College, 1861. Entered Andover Theological 
Seminary the same fall and was there three years. Was liceLsed by 
the East Windsor Association of Congregational churches, at Hart- 
ford, Connecticut. Was ordained and installed Pastor over the 
Howe Street church, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1866. Was 
received into the Cincinnati Presbytery, 1872, and installed pastor of 
the First church, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb., 1873, and continued its 
pastor until Feb., 1879. 

The Rev. Wilson C. Hollyday was born in Buckskin Township, 
Ross County, Ohio, within the bounds of the Salem church, Nov. 26, 
1810; in the summer of 1829 he united with that church, He began 
the study of Latin with the Rev. Joseph T. Irwin who was then study- 
ing theology with Dr. Crothers, and continued his preparation for 
college with Dr. Smith Latta, a graduate of Ohio University, who for a 
time taught a classical school at Concord, the school room being near 
the church. Mr. Hollyday attended the school in 1830 and 1831; in 
June, 1837, he graduated at Miami University; he studied theology 
with S-irnuel Crother3 D. D. and tbe Rev. H. S. Fullerton, and was 
licensed by the Presbytery of Chillicothe at South Salem, Sep. 12, 
1839, hiving been taken under care of Presbytery at Blooming- 
burgh, Sep. 12-14, 1837. In June, 1841, he was ordained and 
installed pastor of the churches of Salem and Newton, by the Presby- 
tery of Sidney, and continued in that relation with the Salem church 
seven, and the Newton church fourteen, years. Within the bounds of 
the Sydney Presbytery, Mr. Hollyday organized four churches during 



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the fifteen years that he spent in that field. In 1853, he resigned the 
charge of the Newton church, and spent one year as principal of the 
graded school of St. Mary's, Auglaize county; then he removed to 
Iowa, and settled in West Point, Lee county, where he taught an 
advanced school for three years, preaching also, as he had opportun- 
ity, to destitute churches; he then took charge of the churches of 
Eddyville and Kirkville; while in charge of these churches he pro- 
cured the erection of a brick church in Eddyville. At the breaking 
out of the war he resigned his charge and began an advanced school 
in Albia, Monroe county, Iowa, where he taught for three years; he 
then took charge of the churches of Chariton, Osceola and Wbite- 
breast, and the adjoining country, 50 by 30 miles, in which there 
was no other Presbyterian church, afforded him an opportunity 
which he improved for missionary work. During twenty-six years 
of active labor Mr. Hollyday was instrumental in organizing ten 
churches, and eight houses of worship were built under his direction. 
In December, 1880, he was so injured by a fall that his active labors 
were closed, though he has often preached since as he found oppor- 
tunity. He recently resided with his son on a farm near Greenfield. 
I am indebted to him for interesting reminiscences some of which I 
have been able to make use of in this History. He died May 13, 
and was buried at Greenfield, Wednesday. May 15, 1889. 



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THE THIRD CHURCH MANSE, CHILLICOTHE. 

The Third church at this time rebuilt the Manse making 
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Robert C. Galbraith, Jr., accepted a call from the Third church 
at Chillicothe. He had been supplying at Frankfort, after he had 
resigned the pastorate at Concord, until the winter of 1880 when he 
began to preach in Chillicothe. R, K. Campbell was appointed to 
preach and preside, John Barrett to give the charge to the pastor 
and Dr. Biggs to the people at Mr. Galbraith's installation in the 
Third church, which took place Thursday evening, July 7, 1881. 
The Rev. J. O. Pierce accepted a call from Frankfort and Mona, which 
two churches were declared one pastoral charge, R. K. Campbell to 
preach and preside, H. W. Biggs to charge the people and R. C. 
Galbraith, Jr., the pastor, were appointed a committee to install him, 
the time to be arranged by the committee and churches. Wm. A. 
Smith, a licentiate, was received from the Presbytery of Cincinnati 
and accepted a call from the Bainbridge church . The Rev. John 
N. Wright was dismissed to the Presbytery of Oroomiah, Persia. 

The Rev. John N. Wright was born near South Salem, Feb. 8, 
1852, prepared for college at Salem Academy, graduated from Woos- 
ter with the class of 1875, and from Princeton Theological Seminary 
in 1878. He started for Persia in May, 1878. Most of his time 
since has been spent at Tabriz, but for about three years he has been 
at a new station in Salmas. For the past few years he has been 
engaged in revising the Old and New Testaments, and adaptiDg them 
to the special idiom now mostly used in Persia. He has also been 
Treasurer of the Mission most of the time that he has been in Persia, 
After ten years of faithful service he is now eD joying a well earned 
and much needed rest among his friends at South Salem, intend- 
ing soon to return again to his chosen field. 

S. P. Dunham was continued supply at Memorial, W. P. East- 
man at Greenland, Norman Jones at North Fork, Joseph Provost at 
French church, and Geo. B. Beecher at New Petersburgh, ail until 
the next spring meeting. Warren Taylor was made stated supply at 
Concord, for the current year, and J. P. Lemmon, (Cumberland 
Presbyterian,) at Wilkesville. The relation between Mr. Grand 
Girard and the Mount Pleasant church, at Kingston, was dis- 
solved and he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Portsmouth. 

The Rev. Emilius Grand Girard was born at Hericourt, France, 
June 4, 1816, and died in Eckmansville, Dec. 23, 1887. In 1830, he 
united with the French Reformed church. He attended the Mont 
Beliard Academy, and went from there to the city of Strasbourg 
where he pursued his studies under private instructors, preparing to 
enter the Polytechnic school, for about three years. He came with 
the family to the United S'tates, arriving in Cincinnati in 1883. In 



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1839, he connected himself with the Presbyterian church; at that 
time he had a strong desire to prepare for the ministry and become 
a missionary to Turkey. He studied theology with Dr. Steel of 
Hillsborough, was licensed and ordained by our Presbytery, and 
preached ia its bounds a? we have seen. Before coming to Kingston 
he had, for a number of yeare, beginning in 1838, united with his 
sister in the management of t"he Highland Institute in connection 
with hi3 preaching to the French, New Market and Fall Creek 
churches. After leaving our Presbytery, he was installed pastor of 
the Eckmansviile church, May 27, 1882, having supplied them from 
the time of his dismission to the Presbytery of Portsmouth. He 
continued in that pastorate until his death. The Rev. S. C. Kerr, 
(for a number of years a member of the Presbytery of Portsmouth,) 
preached at his funeral, from the text, "But now they desire a better 
country; that is, a heavenly," Heb. 11; 16. In this sermon he said, 
"This christian brother and friend was greatly beloved. He was a 
most welcome visitor wherever he went. He was abundant and untir- 
ing in all christian labors. It was his meat and drink to do his Mas- 
ter's work. In hi3 preaching he was earnest in declaring the truth of 
God, denouncing sin, warning and entreating the unrepentant to be 
reconciled to God. Thus many will praise God throughout eternity 
for the benefits received from his ministry. He was gentle and kind- 
hearted toward all men, and by his efforts and prayers, reconciliation 
was effected where troubles had arisen in the church." Mr. Grand 
Girard wa3 a faithful member of the Presbyteries to which he 
belonged, and was much beloved by the members of these bodies, as 
well as by the people in the various churches to which he ministered. 

In Presbytery at Bainbridge, June 7, 1881, Warren Taylor was 
received from the Presbytery of St. Clairsville. Dr. Biggs, R.K. 
Campbell and S. F. McCoy, who had been appointed a committee at 
the last meeting of Presbytery to organize a church at Bourneville, 
if they should find the way clear, reported that they had organized a 
church there, June 6th, 1881, consisting of fourteen members. This 
church had adopted the rotary system of eldership and elected 
James G. Steel ruling elder for five years, Joseph Baum for four 
years and Benjamin Rennard for three years. They had also made 
out a call for Wm. H. Smith in connection with that which he had 
accepted from Bainbridge. Mr. Smith then having accepted the 
calls was ordained and installed. Afc Bainbridge, he preached his 
trial sermon from John 1: 12, Dr. Biggs preached the ordination 
sermon from Isaiah, 8: 18, R.K. Campbell presided and gave the 
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Warren Taylor and S. D. Crothers were appointed a committee to 
install Mr. Smith at Bourneville, which in due time they did. 

In Presbytery at Concord, September 13th and 14th, 1881, the 
committee that had been appointed for that purpose, reported that 
they had organized a church at Waverly, with twenty-four mem- 
bers and two elders, viz.: C. T. McCoy and S. M. Seibert. The 
church was then enrolled, The chairman of the committee on vacant 
churches, (Dr. Biggs,) was authorized to grant certificates of dismis- 
sion to members of the Zaleski church, and the name of that church 
was stricken from the roll. 

At Wilmington, December 13, 1881, the Rev. Julius Strauss was 
received from the Presbytery of Athens, and accepted a call from the 
church of Wilmington, and was installed. S. D. Crothers preached, 
George Carpenter presided and gave the charge to the pastor, and 
Norman Jones to the people. 

Julius Strauss was born in Germany, October 11, 1825, united 
with the church in 1849; studied theology in London, and was 
licensed by the Presbytery of Baltimore, June, 1852. The Presby- 
tery of New York appointed him to re- open and re- organize the 
church of Morrisanii, which afterward became the Potts Memorial 
Church. He preached there until 1857, then went to Canada, having 
received a call to the Markham Church. In 1865 he came to 
Ohio, and preached in Constitution, in Barbour and in Nelsonville 
churches, in the Presbytery of Athens; then, in the Presbytery of 
Chillicothe, he was at Wilmington church from 1882, to 1887, and is 
now preaching to the Batavia church, in the Presbytery of Cincinnati- 

At Kingston, February 17, 1882, at a called meeting of the Pres- 
bytery, the Rev. D. L. Chapin was received from the Presbytery of 
Athens, accepted a call from the Mount Pleasant church, and was 
installed. George Carpenter preached and proposed the questions, 
H. W. Biggs gave the charge to the people, and R. C. Galbraith, Jr., 
to the pastor. 

At Presbytery in the Third Church, Chillicothe, April 11-13' 
1882, the Rev. J. P. A. Dickey, of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
made application for admission to this Presbytery. His papers were 
referred to F. V. Krug, H. W. Biggs and Thomas D . Rogers, which 
conmittee reported them in order, when he was examined on church 
government and theology, and received and enrolled as a member. 

Mr. Dickey was born May 4, 1828, near where South Salem now 
is. At the age of twelve he was received into the communion of 
Salem church, on profession of bis faith; studied at the Academy in 
Greenfield, and also at Salem. After his marriage, he removed to 



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Fayette county and connected himself with the Protestant Methodist 
church of White Oak. Served in the army, in the 114th Regiment 
O. Y. I. He was licensed to preach in the Protestant Methodist 
church in 1865, and was ordained in Mechanicsburgh, September, 
1868, by the Eev. J. White, of Brooklyn, New York. Preached to the 
M. E. church at Bainbridge one year, and to the Presbyterian church 
at Mount Sterling three months before he was received, as above, 
into the Chillicothe Presbytery. Wm. Addison Ervin was taken 
under care of Presbytery, passed his examination, preached trial 
sermon, from John 8: 31-32, and was licensed. 




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(JHILLICOTHE PKESBYTEKY. 311 

Mr. Ervin was bom near Pisgah Church, April 15, 1847; pre- 
pared for college at Salem Academy; graduated from Wooster, with 
the class of 1871, and in the Law Department of the Iowa State 
University in 1873; studied theology at Lane, graduating in 1884, 
when he went to Aurora, Indiana, as pastor of the church; but in 
1888, resigned his charge, and since has been preaching in Chatta- 
nooga, Tennessee. 

The committee on the death of Samuel P. Dunham reported as 
follows: "The Rev. Samuel P. Dunham, since the last meeting of 
Presbytery, has departed this life — having fought a good light he has 
gone to enter upon his reward. Therefore, 1st. Resolved; That we 
do hereby express our thankfulness to the Great Giver of all good, 
for the generous gifts and graces bestowed upon our departed 
brother, and especially for the continuance and increase and ripening 
of these graces to the very end; that so he preached better and better 
year after year, and as he ripened for heaven, seemed to grow intel- 
lectually, and to receive also such unction of the spirit, that his 
words, warm and loving, touched men's hearts and came unto them 
like a benediction, and so those in the churches to which he came to 
minister in his old age, were drawn to him, and held him personally 
in great esteem and tender love, and were also greatly strengthened 
and comforted through the words of grace and rpeace that he brought 
as messages from the Master. 2d. Resolved; That whilst we miss 
his cheerful presence, and will long feel the loss of one so hopeful 
and courageous, we rejoice in the long testimony that he bore for 
Christ, and know that God took him at the right time, the best time; 
that He watched and cared tenderly for him ; and when his work for 
others was done, he himself was ready for the Master's work above. 
The Lord called, and the soldier of God answered to the roll call in 
the church triumphant." In the Narrative there is also this refer- 
ence to the death of Mr. Dunham: " We lament the death of Rev. 
Samuel P. Dunham, who labored in our bounds about forty years; 
and at the same time we are grateful to God for permitting him to 
continue in active service to the close of his life." 

Mr. Dunham died Sabbath, J anuary 15, 1882. It was a bleak^ 
dreary, winter day when Mr. Dunham left this earth and went to the 
land that is perpetually blessed with all the excellencies of every 
clime — a dark, gloomy day, the ground covered with wet snow 
and cold, wet mud. The doctor, who had been to see him in the 
morning, told me at noon, when I came from church, that he was 
quite sick from a severe cold that had fastened itself upon him, and 
that he feared threatened his life; and after dinner I got a buggy 



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and drove out to Massieville, where he had been living, preaching 
to Memorial and Union churches with great acceptance. I went, 
expecting to find him very sick, evon dangerously so, but I found 
him dead. I was at his burying, and again at a memorial service 
held in Union church, where several of the brethren spoke with much 
feeling, recounting his virtues and telliDg of his excellencies, and I 
could cordially endorse all that was said. He was a good man, and 
one whom you liked better the longer you knew him. He was, too, a 
good preacher, and seemed to preach better the last years of his life 
than he had ever done. He brought fourth fruit in his old age. He 
was intense and impressive. He could see but one thiDg at a time, 
but that thing he saw so clearly, and it made upon him so vivid an 
impression that, having once seen it, he not only never lost sight of 
it, but he never couid see it in any other way, and so, peculiarly sus- 
ceptible to external influences before he had made up his mind, after 
he had come to his conclusion, he was as immovable as a rock. I 
enjoyed his fellowship and company greatly, whenever I was per- 
mitted to be with him, and, in common with the other brethren 
of Presbytery who had long known, did mourn and miss him. 
The Rev. Samuel P. Dunham was born in Newport, Rhode Island, 
August 4, 1809. He joined the church in Philadelphia, in June, 
1830, and began studying for the ministry with the Rev. James 
Patterson, pastor of the church with which he had connected himself. 
In 1832 he came to Ohio and entered the college at Marietta, where 
he remained for four years. He then, for two years, studied the- 
ology, also at Marietta, with Dr. Lindsley and the Rev. L. G. 
Bingham. He was licensed to preach by the Athens Presbytery, 
April 5, 1838. He preached at Barlow and then at Logan, from 
which place he, after a few years, removed to Frankfort, Ohio, and 
preached to the Greenland church for a few months; then preached 
for a time at Rocky Spring, and one winter at South Salem, sup- 
plying the church there during Mr. Fullerton's illness; then, for 
a short time, preached at Red Oak; then, for about three years, 
supplied the church at Wilmington. From Wilmington he went 
to Bainbridge, beginning his long work there the first Sabbath of 
April, 1855, preaching to Bainbridge, and Boumeville for tw enty-two 
years. His last sermon at Bainbridge was preached the 28th of Sep- 
tember, 1879. 

In Presbytery at Marshall, July 11th and 12th, 1882, Mr. Leslie 
J. Overman, a member of the Hillsborough church, was licensed. 
Mr. Overman had been taken under care of Presbytery at North 
Fork, July 13, 1880. He was examined and his examination was 



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SIS 



sustained, as were also 'hiR other parts of trial — hiB Latin exegesis 
on "Quid est Sanctificatiof" critical exercise on 1st Peter, 3: 18-20: 
popular lecture on Mat. 13:31-82, and sermon from Itt John, 1: 7, 
and he was licensed Wednesday, July 12, 1882. 

Iu Presbytery at South Salem, September 12th, and 13th, 1SS2, 
the standing rule requiriDg a stated meeting in July, (which had 
been adopted with other standing rules iu Presbytery at New 
Market in September, 1879.) was rescinded. R. K. Campbell was 
elected Stated Clerk, Geo. Carpenter, Treasurer, and S. Jj. Cro there, 
Permanent Clerk, all for three years. |At Columbus, O.. during Synod, 
October 18, 1882, Leslie J. Overman was dismissed to the care of 
the Presbytery of Portsmouth. Leslie J. Overman, was born near 
Hillsborough, Ohio, in 1853, became a member of the Hillsborough 
church, graduated from the University of Wooster, in the class of 
1879, from Princeton Seminary in 1882, was ordained by the Pres- 
bytery of Portsmouth, at Manchester, Ohio, in the fall of 1882; after 
preaching at Manchester for a year, he went Sjnth and was called 
to the McNeille church of Nashville, Tennessee, in the Southern 
Assembly. After three years, in 1887, he became associate pastor 
with Dr. Octs to the church of Talladega, Alabama; after six months 
he accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church of South 
Pittsburgh, Tennessee. This church is in connection with the 
Northern Assembly, and Mr. Overman, (in Aprii, 1888,) connected 
himself with the Presbytery of Kingston in connection with our 
Assembly, and in December, 1838, came to Montgomery, in the 
Cincinnati Presbytery, where he is now preaching. 

Li Presbytery at Mount Pleasant Church, Kingston, April 10- 
12, 1883, J, O. Pierce was released from the Hon a branch of his 
pastoral charge. H. W. Guthrie, who had been supplying them, 
was continued at Memorial and Union. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, Tuesday June 12, 1883, Alonzo 
A. Rogers delivered popular lecture on Luke 18: 9-14, and 
sermon on 1st Tim. 1: 15; his Lai in exegesis and critical exer- 
cise, subjects not given, were referred t> a committee, who reported 
recommending their approval; having then boen examined and 
passed with credit all the parts of trial, he was licensed. Mr 
Rogers was born near Greenfield, March 26, 1852. He prepared for 
College in Miami Classical School. Oxford, Ohio, and entered the 
Sophomore class in Wabash College, and graduated with the class 
of 1873, studied Theology at Lane, graduating in the Spring of 1883. 
He began to preach as stated supply to the church of Fort Howard, 
Wisconsin, in July, 1383, and was ordained and installed pastor to 



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that church November 6th, of the same year, where he preached 
until 1886, when, on account of ill health, he was compelled to resign 
his charge, and to desist from active work for two years and a half. 
He then became pastor of the church of Caldwell, Kansas, but was 
there only a short time, when the call came for him to cease from 
earthly labors, and he died Friday evening, November 16, 1888. "He 
was an active, energetic, persistent worker and had an ardent desire 
to preach the gospel. It was a heavy cross that he bore when 
physical health did not permit him to preach. He was ready for 
the Master's will to be accomplished in him, though he longed so 
much that he might be spared to tell of the love of Christ. Sad are 
the hearts of his people, over this bereavement, but they believe 
with him, 'It is well.' " 

Presbytery met in the parsonage of the First Church, Chilli- 
cothe, August 14, 1883 and dissolved the pastcral relation existing 
between the Rev. D wight L. Chapin and the Mount Pleasant 
Church and dismissed Mr. Chapin to the Presbytery of Cleveland, 
where he became pastor of the church in Akron. Mr. Chapin was 
born in California, Michigan, July 7, 1847, ho united with the 
church in Spartansburgb, Pennsylvania,, in 1864, graduated from 
Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, in 1872, studied theology 
at Lane, was licensed by the Presbytery of Cleveland, at Rome, 
Ohio, June 10, 1874, ordained by Athens Presbytery, April 10, 
1876, he began his ministry at Middleport, Ohio, in May 1875, and 
continued with that church till January, 1882, and lately has been 
again called to Middleport. 

In Presbytery at B'oomingburgh, September 11th and 12th, 
1883, A. A. Rogers was dismissed to the care of the Presbytery of 
Winnebago. The relation between Win. A. Smith and the churches 
of Bainbridge and Bourneville was dissolved, and he was dismissed 
to the Presbytery of Red River. Wm. M. Galbreath was continued 
as stated supply at Hamden and Wilkesville; H. W. Guthrie at 
Memorial and Union; J. P. A. Dickey at Piketon and Waverly; 
George B. Beecher, at New Petersburgh, Norman Jone3 at North 
Fork, and Joseph Provost at French Church. Greenland reported 
the employment of J. O. Pierce, pastor at Frankfort, to preach to 
them Sabbath afternoons and Mr. Pierce continued to supply the 
church while he remained at Frankfort. 

The committoo on Temperance made the following report, 
which was unanimously adopted and the Stated Clerk directed 
to ask its publication in the Herald and Presbyter and the 
Scioto Gazette. u In the report of the standing committee on 



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Temperance to the Assembly of 1832, occurs the following ar- 
raignment of intemperance; 'that it is a ceaseless tempter end 
destroyer of men; that it makes happy men and happy families 
wretched, producing four-fifths , of human crime, and nearly 
all its pauperism; tempting everybody from childhood to old age, 
and destroying countless millions: instead of disappearing with 
any advancing civilization, connecting itself therewith, it waxes 
worse and worse in these perilous times.' By our last Assembly 
this evil is spoken of as the 'Scourge of our race.* Concerning 
this evil, thus arraigned, our Assemblies have often spoken. The 
standing committee of last year thus sums up on this point: 'The 
church's deliverances beginning in 1812 and continuing through 
the intervening seventy years, until now, increasing in frequency 
with every increased emergency of the case, but sounding forth in 
the average as often a3 once in two and a half years, these deliv- 
erances always keeping abreast with the best Christian sentiment 
of the time, have uttered a clear and steady voice against the 
manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating drink as a beverage, have 
encouraged rppressive and prohibitory legislation,' and yet in 
spite of all the teachings and warnings of the church and the 
repressive influence of the State, this evil continues. As Christian 
citizens, in this state, we are now confronted with a responsibility, 
that we should meet not as partisans, but as in the sight of God. 
Looking to other commonwealths we see that license does not 
restrain this evil; looking around us we see that taxation does not 
restrain. In the Providence of God, it is now for the voters of 
Ohio to say, whether or not this business of drunkard making shall 
be like theft, or murder, a forbidden thing, an outlaw. Every 
voter's hand is now placed on the door of the saloon, and the 
question is, Shall we shut itf Our political affiliations have nothing 
to do with this matter; we may vote as we please touching our 
political parties, so there need be no political feeling or interest to 
hinder our acting with reference to the advancement of religion 
and morals. If we believe it would be right to close the dram-shop 
let us vote to do so. If we believe this would tend to save young 
men and reform drunkards let us vote to close it. If we believe 
that it would tend to elevate our communities morally and religiously, 
and take away hindrances to the work of the church, let us shut the 
door. Our counsel to the people under our care is, that they weigh 
this matter not as partisans, but as christians. Our counsel to 
such of them as are voters is, that they cast their ballots in the 
way that will most emphatically rebuke the sin of intemperance 



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and drunkard making and will moat directiy and entirely cast oat. 
this evil. Since God's providence brings it to us to say what the 
constitution of cur State shall be, let thi3 be our answer, it shall 

be prohibit cry. 

(Signed.) Geop.ge Carpenter, 

W. J. McSuRELY, 

Sasi'l. D. Croteess, 
Hugh Bell, 
Aaron Seymour. 

Committee. 

In PreFbytery at Wooster, Oct. 24th and 25th, 1883, during the 
meeting or Synod, S. C. Kerr was made stated supply at Cynthiana 
for six months. At Chillicothe, Oct. 30, 1883, the pastoral relation 
between the Rev. Ferdinand Von Krug and the Bloomingburgh 
church was dissolved, and he was dismissed to the Presbytery of 
Carlisle. Ferdinand Von Krug was born in Crumstadt, Germany, in 
the Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt. January 26, 1850, when lie was 
fourteen years old he was confirmed in the Luthern church. In 
1863 he came to this country and united himself with the Second 
German Reformed church, at Cleveland, Ohio. He was licensed by 
the Prcsbytory of Cayuga, April 14. 1375, and October 21, of the 
same year, lie was ordained and installed in the church at Hanging 
Rock by the Presbytery of Portsmouth. After leaving our Presby- 
tery, he became pastor or the church at White Haven, Presbytery of 
Lehigh, where he remained until 1885. Since December, 1886, he 
has bsen p^tor of the Kingston church, Presbytery of Lakawana. 
S. C. Kerr .vas made stated supply at Sinking Soring once a 
month. Sabbath afternoons, in connection with his work at Cynthiana. 

Iq Presbytery at Washington C. H., April 8-10, 1884, John 
H. Jones, of the Presbytery of Mahoning, who was supplying 
Bloomingburgh church, was invited to sit as a corresponding mem- 
bar. The pastoral relation between the Rev. George Carpenter and 
the Washington church was dissolved, to take effect the first of July. 
Since this relation was dissolved Mr. Carpenter has supplied in 1885, 
Amanda, Hamdun and Wellston churches; in 1888, Amanda and 
Wellston; in 1837, North Fork, Memorial and W 7 ellston ; in 1888, 
North Fork, Union and Wellston, which last three he still supplies. 
Amanda is in the Columbus' Presbytery, and Wellston in the Pres- 
bytery of Portsmouth. The church of Wellston was organized in the 
summer of 1885. Early in 1888, they dedicated a house of worship, 
which is one of the most convenient and beautiful church buildings 
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of Wellston deserve much credit for their self denying and successful 
work. It. G. Lewis was continued stated supply at Mona, II. W. 
Guthrie at Memorial and Union, Wm. M. Galbreath at W^lkesville 
and vicinity, Norman Jones at North Fork and George B. Bcecher 
at New Petersburgh. Omega church was dissolved and its name 
stricken from the roll, and the chairman of the standing committee 
of Home Missions was directed to give letters of dismission to what- 
ever members there may be, to connect with such other churches as 
they may choose. Synod's overture with reference to making said 
Synod a representative body was answered in the affirmative. The 
standing committee on Ministerial Relief made by order an 
additional report which was adopted and is as follows: ' Presbytery 
having heard with pleasure, of the purchase of a house and lot, in 
South Salem, as a Home for Honorably Retired Ministers within 
our bounds, authorizes the persons named in the deed, to wit: 
George B. Beech er, Richard G. Lewis, James McL. Welsh, Robert 
C. Galbraith and Henry W. Biggs, to care for and manage the prop- 
erty, until other arrangements are made. We also direct all our 
ministers to call the attention of their people to this enterprise and 
have collections taken up, in their several churches, on the first 
Sabbath of May for its benefit. The persons aforenamed, in this 
report, are appointed a committee to ascertain the steps necessary in 
order that Presbytery may become a body corporate, under the laws 
of the State of Ohio and report at the September meeting." Wm. A. 
Ervin was dismissed to the care of the Presbytery of Whitewater. 
The Rev. Samuel F. Sharpless. was received from the Presbytery of 
Dayton, and accepted calls from Bainbridge and Bourneville 
churches, each for half of his time, and his installation at Bain- 
bridge was appointed for the second Tuesday of June, at half past 
seven P. M., Gaorge Carpenter to preach and preside, R. K. Camp- 
bell to give the charge to the pastor and S. D. Crothers to the 
people; an 1 at B jarneville on the first Tuesday of June, at half past 
seven P. M., John O. Pierce to preach and preside, Addison M. 
Chapin to deliver the charge to the pastor and Richard G. Lewis to 
the people. Samuel F. Sharpless was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 
9th, 1851. He united with the Third Presbyterian church of Cin- 
cinnati, April, 1339. Graduated from Marietta College with the 
class of 1875, and from Lane Seminary, May, 1879. He was licensed 
hy the presbytery of Cincinnati, April 10, 1878. He supplied the 
First Presbyterian church of Monroe, Butler County, Presbytery of 
Dayton, from Dec. 8, 1878, to May 13, 1879. He was received into 
tbeTPresbytery of Dayton as a licentiate, on certificate from Presby- 



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tery of Cincinnati, April 9, 1879, and by that Presbytery ordained 
aad installed Pastor of the Monroe chnrcb, May 13, 1879, which 
pastorate he resigned, Feb. 14, 1881, aad was then dismissed to the 
Presbytery of Caillicathe aad accepted calls, and was installed at 
Bourneville, June 3rd, aud Bainbridge, Jane 10, 1884, Addison M. 
Chapin was received from the Presbytery of Whitewater and 
accepted a call from the Mount Pleasant church, and Thursday, July 
10, at half past seven P. M., was appointed for his installation, 
George Carpenter to preach aad proside, H. W. Biggs to give the 
charge to the pastor and D wight L. Chapin, of the Cleveland Presby- 
tery, to be iavited to give the charge to the people. 

The next meeting of Presbytery was at Bloomingburgh, April 
29, 1884, when the Rev. John H. Jones was received from the Pres- 
bytery of Mahoning, accepted a call from and was installed Pastor 
of the Bloomiagburgh church. H. W. Guthrie preached, George 
Carpenter gave the charge to the people and R. K. Campbell to the 
pastor. John H. Jones was born in Wales, Dec. 18, 1838. He 
united with the Welsh Congregational church, in 1858. He received 
his Literary education in Western Reserve College, graduating 
with the class of 18(57. Studied Theology at Union Park one year, 
and two years at Andover, where he graduated in 1870. He was 
licensed by the Aaclover Congregational Conference, in 1869, and 
ordained by Trumbull and Mahoning Conference in 1871. He was 
received into the Presbyterian church by Wooster Presbytery at the 
spring meeting in Plymouth, Ohio, 1877. He preached to Bristol 
and Bloomnold Congregational churches, from 1870 to 1874, to the 
First Presbyterian church, Plymouth, Ohio, from 1874 to 1878, to 
the First Presbyterian church, Akron, Ohio, from April, 1878, to 
November, 1881, and began preaching to the Presbyterian church 
in Bloomingburgh, Feb. 1st, 1884. 

In Presbytery at Concord, Sep. 9Lh and 10th, 1884, George 
Carpenter had leave to labor out of bounds until the next meeting. 
Delegates were elected to Synod which had now become a represent- 
ative body. The Rav. John W. Wilson was received from the Pres- 
bytery of Alton. The following persons were appointed a standing 
committee on Temperance: Norman Jones, W. J. McSurely and 
James P. Robinson. The following minute was adopted with 
reference to the death of the Rev. Nathaniel M. Urmston: "Entered 
into rest, August 27, 1884, Rev. Nathaniel M. Urmston, in the eighty- 
sixth year of his age. Ho was ordained as an Evangelist by the 
Presbytery of Coshocton, in 1828, and first labored as a missionary in 
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cut, he came into the bounds of this Presbytery, 1844, and, with the 
exception of six years spent in Iowa and Wisconsin, the remainder 
of his life was spent among us. His mind was clear and calm and 
active to the end. He was a cheerful christian. His hope was 
bright. He was also remarkably trustful. He trusted the Lord for 
the earthly things, and for the heavenly. No one could hear him 
pray without feeling that he lived in close and tender communion 
with God. His ministry was a successful one, and his example was 
winning and helpful. Without suffering, or protracted illness, or 
fear, he passed away. 

Wm. J. McSurely, 
George Carpenter, 
Sam'l F. McCoy, 

Committee. 

Mr. Urmston was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, April 12, 1799, and is 
said to have been the first white male child born in that place. The 
first meeting of our Presbytery was Tuesday, April 9th, and he was 
born the Friday of the same week. His father's house was the first 
house built in Chillicothe that had both shingle roof and glass 
windows. He studied Latin for a time with Dr. Eobert G. Wilson; 
but while he was yet a boy the family moved to a farm near Sinking 
Spring, where his father built a brick house that is still standing. 
He studied at Augusta, Kentucky, and graduated at Princeton Theo- 
logical Seminary, in 1826. During vacations he taught singing- 
school, and went with a classmate to his home in Connecticut, for 
that purpose, and there met the young lady who became his first 
wife. Shortly after his marriage ho came, as home missionary, to the 
churches of Millersburg and Hopewell, in Holmes county. Ohio, about 
1827. After laboring there some time he took charge of the church 
in Millersburg, Kentucky In 1832 he returned to Connecticut, and 
as there were no Presbyterian churches there at that time, he became 
connected with the Congregational church, and labored there in the 
churches of Newtown, Cornwall and Sherman, until 1844, when he 
came to our Presbytery. In 1857 ho went to Keokuk, Iowa, to make 
his home with his oldest son, and, after a short residence there, took 
charge of the churches in Waterloo, Athens and Missouri. In 1863 
the war broke up these churches, and Mr, Urmston being a strong 
Union man, found that he could do no work in that State, and 
returned to Ohio, and lived tho remainder of his life near Hills- 
borough. 

Thomas S. Huggart was taken under the care of Presbytery. 
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mittee. He delivered a popular lecture on Romans, 6; 1-6, and 
a popular sermon on John, 3: 16, and was licensed Wednesday, 
September 10, 1884. 

Mr. Haggart, who had been, for some years, Principal of Salem 
Academy, and who now was licensed to preach, was born in Ireland, 
April 13, 1845. He joined the Reformed Presbyterian church. He 
received his literary education at Westminster College, Pennsylvania, 
and graduated at the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey. 
After leaving this Presbytery he was received as a licentiate into the 
Presbytery of Marion, by which he was ordained and installed pastor 
of the church of Ostrander, in December, 1884, having begun to 
supply that church in October of that year. He remained there until 
April, 1886, when he went to Lancaster, Ohio, where he became 
pastor of the First Presbyterian church, remaining there until early 
in 1889, when he accepted a call to Shelby, Ohio. 

The Rev. Samuel Finley, D. D., who had been received from 
the Presbytery of Dayton, at the April meeting of Presbytery, in 
Bloomingburgh, was installed pastor of the Concord Church. S. F. 
Sharpless preached and presided, W. J. McSarely gave the charge to 
the pastor, and R. C. Galbraith to the people. 













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CONJCOKD ( BUILT A.D. 

Samuel Finley was born in West Middletown, Pennsylvania 
October 26, 1818? united with the Associate Reformed church, en 
profession of his faith, when he was in his 16th year. He was born 
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Ohio, in 1839; studied theology in the Theological Seminary of the 
Associate Reformed Church, at Alleghany City, Pennsylvania, and 
was licensed by the Second Presbytery of Ohio, July 7, 1841, and 
ordained by the same Presbytery, sine titulo, October 12, 1842. He 
was commissioned by the General Synod to labor one year in Lafay- 
ette, Indiana, and entered upon his work there in October, 1842, and 
in May, 1843, the General Synod, in answer to a petition from the 
church at Troy, Richland county, Ohio, directed that he should go to 
that church, of which he was pastor from October, 1843, till 1845. In 
1845 he was elected Principal of Edinburgh Academy, Wayne county, 
Ohio. He entered upon his work there in 1846. In the fall of 1848 
he went to Chillicothe, as Associate Principal of the Academy in that 
place. In the spring of 1850 he became President of the 0 hillicothe 
Female Seminary, and remained there until February 11, 1853, when 
he became President of Madison College, at Antrim, Ohio, a college 
under the care of the Associate Reformed General Synod. He 
resigned the presidency of this college, August 4, 1856. On the 27th 
of August, 1856, he was dismissed by the Second Presbytery of Ohio 
to unite with the Zanesville Presbytery of the O. S. Presbyterian 
church, into which Presbytery he was received, Tuesday, September 
9, 1856. He was pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian church of Pitts- 
burgh from May, 1857 to 1861 • Professor of Logic and Rhetoric in 
the Western University, of Pennsylvania, from 1861 to 1883; taught a 
classical and mathematical school in Pittsburgh from 1863 to 1865. 
He was pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church, Dayton, Ohio, 
and Chaplain and Professor in the Western Military Academy from 
1865 to 1870, and pastor of the New Jersey Church, Carlisle Station, 
from 1870 to 1878, and stated supply in Somerville and Collinsville 
from 1879 to 1884. He edited the " Pennsylvania Teacher," an edu- 
cational monthly magazine in Pittsburgh, from 1859 to 1862. In 
1873 he was made a corresponding member of the American Ento- 
mological Society. At the request of the Presbyterian Board of 
Publication, he prepared a volume of 280 pages on insect life, which 
they published in 1878, entitled " Rambles Among the Insects." 

The meeting at Concord was a ve:*y pleasant one. The members 
all enjoyed themselves greatly, in notiog the wonderful improvement 
in the church building, by which the old church that was completed 
in 1822 — just in time for the first meeting of Presbytery, after the 
name was change from Washington to Chillicothe — was transformed, 
into the present beautiful and convenient structure. The cemetery, 
also, that had formerly been like most country graveyards, now 
graded and with walks tastefully arranged, called for admiration; 

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and the manse, In the yard of which there was a table covered with, 
an abundance of substantiate and delicacies, to tempt and satisfy the 
appetite, came in for its share of praise. All were of one mind in 
thinking that they had never seen a country church so handsome 
and elegant, and with such beautiful surroundings, and in praying 
that the people there might be abundantly blessed and prospered 
in all good things. 




CONCORD CHURCH, 1884. 

In Presbytery at Washington C. H., October 1G, 1884, Thomas 
S. Huggart was dismissed to the Presbytery of Marion. The Rev. 
Samuel B. Alderson was received from the Presbytery of Ebenezer, 
accepted a call from Washington church, and was installed Thursday, 
October 16. Wm. J. McSurely preached and presided, Robert K. 
Campbell gave the charge to the people, and Norman Jones to the 
pastor. 

Samuel B. Alderson was born in St. Charles county, Missouri, 
on the 22nd of June, 1850. He united with the Presbyterian church 
at Fulton, Missouri, in connection with the Southern Assembly, while 
attending college, in the winter of 1867; attended Westminster 
College at Fulton, Missouri, two years; then went to Blackburn 
University, Carlinville, Illinois, and graduated in the class of 1869. 



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He was taken under the care of the Presbytery of St. Louis and 
licensed by them to preach, in the spring of 1872; "graduated from 
MeGormick* Theological Seminary in the spring of 1873, where he 
had spent his first year, but the.gfreat fire so interrupted affairs, in 
the second year of his course, that he left and went to Danville, and 
completed the second year's course, and returned to McGormick for 
the third year's course. Upon graduating, he was invited to supply 
the church at Maysville, Kentucky, for one year, at the end of which 
he was unanimously called to become their pastor. He united with 
the Presbytery of Eb^nezer, and was ordained and installed pastor 
of the church at Maysville, June 28, 1874, where he remained eleven 
and a half years, when he was called to Washington C. H. 9 and 
installed as above. 




CONCORD-MANSE WEST-FRONT 1864. 



Piketon and Waverly presented calls for the Rev. John W. 
Wilson, which he accepted; and R. K. Campell was appointed to 
preach and preside, S. D Crothers to give the charge to the pastor, 
and H. W. Riggs to the people, at his installation. He was installed 
by these brethren at Waverly, November 6th, and at Piketon, De- 
cember 11th. 

The standing committee on Sabbath Schools made a report, 
as previously ordered, which was accepted and adopted and is as 
follows: "Your committee, having been directed to consider the 
propriety and advantage of a Presbyterial Sabbath School Asso- 
ciation, and if favoring the same to propose a plan, submits the 
following recommendations: 1st. That we organize a Presbyterial 
Sabbath School Association, with this Constitution, namely: Art. 1st. 
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tion of the Chillicothe Presbytery. Art. 2nd. The object of this 
Association shall be to promote the interests of our Sabbath 
Schools by all proper means, such as bringing the workers 
together at stated times, for mutual counsel and encouragement, 
for better acquaintance with each other aDd with their duties and 
obligations and to secure concert of action upon all matters of 
genoral interest to the cause. Art. 3. This Association shall be 
composed of ail the ministers and the officers and teachers of the 
Sabbath Schools within the Presbytery. Art. 4. The officers of 
this Association shall be a President, eleven vice presidents, a corres- 
ponding secretary, and a treasurer, who shall be elected at the 
annual meeting of the Association, and hold their offices for one 
year, or until their successors are chosen. They shall be elected by 
ballot, unless otherwise determined, and shall perform the usual 
duties of such officers in similar organizations, and such other duties 
as may be required by the Association. These officers shall 
constitute the Executive Committee of the Association, of which 
five members shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. 
Art. 5. The Association shall meet semi-annually, at times and 
places arranged by the Executive Committee. The Spring meeting 
of each year shall be the annual meeting for the election of officers 
and reports of committees. Special meetings may be called by 
the executive committee, and of all meetings, both stated and special, 
due notice must be given. 6. The Executive Committee shall 
carry out the plans and instructions of the Association, and provide 
. funds for its necessary expenses. It shall make its own by-laws 
and fill its own vacancies occurring between the stated meetings 
of the Association. It shall collect the statistics of the Sabbath 
Schools within the Presbytery, and forward the same to the Secre- 
tary of the Sabbath School work of the Board of Publication and 
make a full report of its proceedings to each annual meeting of the 
Association and also to the Spring meeting of Presbytery." The 
next article provides a method of changing any part of the consti- 
tution at any meeting of Presbytery due notice of the intention to 
make a change having been given. Then a list of persons, appointed 
to serve in the various offices until the annual election, m given and 
finally it is provided: "That the Executive Committee of this 
Association take the place of Presbytery's standing committee on 
Sabbath Schools." 

I do not know whether making the Synod representative, 
had necessarily the effect of making it four times as critical as it 
had &hnepl-y been> but the fallowing exception recorded in the 



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minutes of Presbytery looks that way. "On page 167, it is recorded 
that the 'Presbytery adopted the following report: The Chill icothe 
Presbytery having voted to receive the revised Book of Discipline 
as a whole, takes exception to Sec. 26 of Chap. IV, etc' Your com- 
mittee think that the word adopt' should be substituted for received' 
and recommend the approval of the Records with the exception 
noted." 

In Presbytery at Chillicothe, April 14,-16, 1885, George Carpen- 
ter was again granted leave to labor out of bounds for sis months. 
Mr f Carpenter had been supplying the Amanda church in the 
Columbus Presbytery and also the church at Harnden each half 
time. J. P. A. Dickey was made stated supply at Hamden for half 
time, until the next stated meeting and had leave to labor out of 
bounds for the other part of his time. H. W. Guthrie was con- 
tinued at Union and Memorial, G. B. Beecher at New Petersburgh 
and Norman Jones at North Fork. 

In Presbytery at Frankfort, May 9th, 1885, the Rev. Warren 
Taylor was dismissed to the Presbytery of Athens. The Revds. 
John Barrett, S. D. Crothers and R. K. Campbell, the committee 
to which Robt. C. Galbraith's paper on the examination of candi- 
dates for the ministry was referred, made the following report, 
which was adopted: ''Your committee having considered the paper 
put in its hands and approving its general provisions, recommends 
its adoption with a few quite immaterial modifications, so that our 
me 1 hod of procedure hereafter in this matter shall be as follows: 
Candidates for the ministry applying to this Presbytery for licensure 
shall be examined on experimental religion and motives for seeking 
the gospel ministry, in the presence of the Presbytery, and shall 
answer such questions orally as the committee or other members 
may propose. But the other examinations shall be in writing, 
and the committee on the different parts of trial shall prepare such 
questions as every young man seeking the ministry ought to be 
able to answer, not such as are designed to show the skill of the 
examiner, but to bring out the knowledge of the candidate. 1st. 
The committee on systematic theology shall prepare twenty-five 
questions, which shall comprehend the distinctive doctrines of the 
reformed theology; substantially correct answers to twenty of 
which will be required of the candidate. 2nd. Twenty-five ques- 
tions on the natural sciences shall be prepared by the committee, 
fifteen of which must- be answered. 3d. On the mental and moral 
sciences the committee shall prepare ten questions on each, seven 
of each ten must be correctly answered, iih. On the Latin, Greek 



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and Hebrew languages, candidates shall be given a short passage, 
in each, and be required to translate, point out the different parts 
of speech, give the cases of the nouns, and moods and tenses and 
principal parts of the verbs, and a proficiency of equal proportion 
shall be required as in other branches. 5th. On church govern- 
ment the committee shall prepare ten questions, eight of which 
must be answered. 6th. On church history and the sacraments, 
the committee shall prepare ten questions on each, and seven, of 
each ten must be answered." The above was adopted and since 
its adoption Presbytery has conducted the examination of candi- 
dates in accordance with its provisions. 

In Presbytery at South Salem, June 18, 1885, the Eev. Leo. 
Dioune, of the Presbytery of Montreal was received into Pres- 
bytery and made stated supply to the French church. Mr. Dionne 
was born at Ste. Anne de la Perade, Province of Quebec, June 
14 1844, was born in the church of Rome, which church he left 
at the age of 19, having entered the Protestant missionary schools 
near Montreal. His literary education was received at McGrill 
University, Montreal, and his theological at the Presbyterian college 
of the same city. Pie was licensed and ordained in Montreal, Nov. 
1, 1870, by the "Synode Des Eglises Evangeliques." For several 
years he worked in connection with the "French Canadian Mis- 
sionary Society." Thinking a change of work would be beneficial 
to his health, he accepted the position of French teacher in Bishop's 
College and Grammar School at Lennoxville. Canada, which position 
he filled from September, 1875 to July, 1877. After leaving Lennox- 
ville, he accepted a call from the French and English congregation 
of Joliette, in the Presbytery of Montreal, where he preached for 
five years. After leaving Joliette he continued his connection with 
the Presbytery of Montreal, laboring for the most of the time 
within its bounds until his reception into our Presbytery. 

In Presbytery at Hillsborough, September 8th and 9th, 1885, the 
committee appointed to consider the state of the Sinking Spring 
church, made the following report, which was adopted : " 1st. We have 
ascertained that the last surviving member of the Sinking Spring 
church, Mrs. Ann Shoemaker, has removed into the bounds of the 
Marshall church. We therefore recommend* that her name be trans- 
ferred to the roll of the Marshall church, and that the Sinking Spring 
church be declared to be dissolved." The second resolution ap- 
pointed a committee to examine as to the title to the property, &c. 
The third was in reference to the bell, a gift from Presbytery, which 
the committee recommended should be donated to Belfast church. 



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J. G. Galbreath was elected Stated Clerk; Norman Jones, Per- 
manent Clerk, and George Carpenter, Treasurer, ail for three years. 
The report of the committee on incorporation was adopted, and is as 
follows: "At a stated meeting of the Presbytery of Chillicothe, held 
at Hillsboro', Ohio, September 9, 1885, it was ordered: That, for the 
purpose of securing the benefit: of the law relating to religious and 
other societies, (Chap. 15, Title II. of the Revised Statutes of 
Ohio.) Strawder J. Parretc, George B. Beecher, Robert C. Galbraith, 
Richard G. Lewis, Samuel D. Crothers and Samuel F. McCoy, all 
of whom are freeholders, be, and they are hereby, elected and created 
a Board of Trustees, of the Presbytery of Chillicothe, said Presby- 
tery being connected with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian 
Church, in the United States of America; and they being members 
of the said denomination, the said irustees, so elected, to serve in 
the order of their names as above written, for six, five, four, three, 
two, and one years, respectively, and until their successors are elected 
and qualified; such successors to be elected at the stated fall meeting 
of said Presbytery, and to hold their office for the term of six years 
and until their successors are elected and qualified. The said 
Trustees shall hold and control and have charge of, for the purpose 
and under the direction of said Presbytery, all the property, personal 
and real, or mined, now owned by said Presbytery, or held in trust 
by any person or persons therefor, or of which said Presbytery may 
hereafter become possessed. The Trustees shall also exercise the 
rights and powers, enumerated in section 3,786, in the case of any 
congregation which may have or shall become extinct; and they may 
act as Trustees to houses of worship, or other property that shall 
properly come into the hands of said Presbytery, and to hold and 
invest, &c, as provided in the section above named, and as may be 
provided for by an act amendatory thereto. We certify that this 
was passed by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, in due form at Hills- 
borough, Ohio, September 9th, 1885. 

(Signed) Samuel Findley. Moderator. 

J. G. Galbreath, Stated Clerk" 

The pastoral relation, existing between John W. Wilson and 
Waverly and Piketon churches, was dissolved. 

In Presbytery at Greenfield, April 13th and 14th, 1886, Warren 
Taylor was received from the Presbytery of Athens. The Stated 
Clerk was directed to put the letters H. R. after the names of W. C 
Hollyday, Wm. P. Eastman and Warren Taylor, in his report to the 
General Assembly. Piketon obtained leave to employ Wm. M. Gal- 
breath, until the next stated meeting. The other supplies were 



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continued as before, except that R. G. Lewis ceased to supply Mona. 
Park W. Taylor, who was taken under care of Presbytery at Green- 
held, June 12, 1883, was licensed. His latin exegesis, 4 ' De Discip- 
lina Christianorum and critical exercise on 1st Cor., 10: 1-6, were 
recommended for approval by the committees, and he delivered a 
popular lecture from Hebrews, 1: 1^3, and sermon from Rom. 8: 1, 
which were sustained as parts of trial, and he was licensed Wed- 
nesday, April 14th. 

Mr. Taylor was born at Montezuma, Park county, Indiana* 
December 1st, 1857, united with the church in Cincinnati when he 
was thirteen years old; graduated at Wabash college, with the class 
of 1884, and at Lane Seminary in 1887. He was dismissed from our 
Presbytery to the care of the Presbytery of Steubenville, in meeting 
at South Salem, April 12th and 13th, 1887, by which Presbytery he 
was ordained April 27th, 1887; and in June was installed pastor of 
Scio Church and Buchanan Chapel; he also supplies Ridge Church. 
John W. Wilson was dismissed to the Presbytery of Columbus. 

Mr. Wilson was bom in West Columbia, Mason county, West 
Virginia, April 4th, 1858. He united with the Presbyterian church 
of Carlinsville, Illinois, September 6, 1878. He attended McKendree 
College one year, but finished his literary course at Blackburn Uni- 
versity; graduated in 1882; studied theology at Lane, and graduated 
there in May. 1884; was licensed May 20, 1883, and ordained Sep- 
tember 10, 1884, by Alton Presbytery. His first charge was Waverly 
and Piketon. where he labored fifteen months, from June 1, 1884, to 
September 8, 1885; then he supplied Frankfort and Greenland four 
months, in the absence of Mr. Pierce, and began to preach at West 
Rushville, Bethel, and Bremen, in the Columbus Presbytery. March 
1, 1886, of which churches he is now pastor. 

In Presbytery at Chillicothe, May 18, 1886, Joseph Provost was 
dismissed to the Congregational Council of Springfield, Massa- 
chusetts* Mr. Provost had been, for the last year, laboring out of 
our bounds. 

Joseph Provost was born in Canada, of Roman Catholic parents, 
but in 1866, while attending the Pointe aux Tremble missionary 
school he became a Protestant. In 1867 he went to Switzerland to 
pursue his studies, first at Geneva, and then studied theology at 
Neuchatel, under Prof. Godet; was licensed and ordained by the 
Chillicothe Presbytery, and preached three years at Mowrytown, to 
the French Church, then four years at Montreal, Canada, and then 
again five years at Mowrytown. Since 1884 he has been working 
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under the care of the Congregational Home Mission Board. They 
organized l church there one year ago, and now, 1888. have fifty- ■■ 
seven members, all of whom were originally members of the church 
of Rome. 

The church of Bogota, United States of Columbia, South America, 
was taken under care of Presbytery, and M. E. Caldwell appointed 
stated supply. (This church is a mission church, and Mr. Caldwell a 
foreign missionary supported by the Board.) John McCoy, a member 
of the First Church, Chillicothe, who had been taken under the care 
of Presbytery, as a candidate for the ministry, in the meeting at 
Frankfort, May 19, 1885, presented his Latin exegesis on "An 
fuerit necesse Christum satis facere pro nobis?" and critical exer- 
cise, Romans, 6: 1-5, and delivered a popular lecture from Isaiah, 
40: 27-31, and sermon from John 3: 3, and was licensed. 

Mr. McCoy was born at Chillicothe, October 20, 1861 ; received : 
to the communion of th« First Church, Chillicothe, April 7, 1877; 
graduated at Wboster, with the class of 1884, and at Princeton Theo- 
logical Seminary, May 10, 1887, where he took the George S. Green 
fellowship in Hebrew, giving him the advantage of a yeur's study in 
Germany. After his return from Germany he was ordained as an 
evangelist, at a called meeting of Presbytery, in the First Presby- ; 
terian chur sh, Chillicothe, August 21, 1888. The Rev. J. P. A. Dickey 
preachel his ordination sermon, from Matt. 27: 19-20; R. C. Gal- 
braith, Jr., gave the charge to the newly ordained minister, who 
was then cismissed to the Presbytery of Central Dakota, and is now 
preaching at Faulkton, in that Presbytery. 

The n^xt meeting of Presbytery was at Kingston, September 
14th and loth, 1886, Mr. Alderson's opening sermon, from 1st Cor. 
9:14: " Even hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the 
gospel should live of the gospel," was, by request of the Presbytery, 
published in the Scioto Gazette. Piketon had leave to employ 
Win. M. Galbreath, until the next stated meeting, and North Fork, 
which Mr. Jones had ceased to supply, h?,d leave to procure its 
own suppl es. The following resolution, presented by the standing 
committee on temperance, was adopted: " That Presbytery would 
emphatically endorse the deliverances of the General Assernbh', on 
the temperance question, and would urge the duty of laboring for 
the extermination of the liqaor traffic, and would warn the people 
against indifference to the power and influence of this great evil/' 

At Washington C. K, Nov. 16, 1886, the pastoral relation exist- 
ing betweeji the Rev. Julius Strauss and the church at Wilmington 
waj dissolved, and he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati. 



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In Presbytery at South Saletn, April 12th and 13, 1887, "R. C. 
Galbraith, Jr., and S. D. Crothers were appointed a eommitttee to 
write up the History of Presbytery." 

The last meeting of the Presbytery, in the year 1887, was at 
Wilkes ville, Sep., 13th and 14th. At this meeting "The stand- 
ing committee on Foreign Missions made a report which was 
accepted and the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved; 1st. 
That all our churches be exhorted to increased liberality to the 
Board of Foreign Missions, whose work furnishes probably the 
truest and largest field for the exercise of that disinterested benevo- 
lence which is so essential to the true christian spirit and character • 
Resolved; 2nd. That the women in those churches in which no W. 
F. M. Ss. have been organized, be most earnestly and affectionately 
urged to emulate their sisters of the other churches, in their zeal for 
the extension of the Kingdom of Him, who has, in all ages, so hon- 
ored and blessed woman, and that they, without delay, establish a 
W. F. M. S. for efficient work in their own churches. Resolved; 3rd. 
That the Sabbath Schools which have contributed to Foreign Mis- 
sions be urged, 'Not to be weary in well doing, but more and more 
to excel in this grace also,' by increased efforts to enlarge their 
gifts, and to enlist the co-operation of all the members of the school 
in the good work. That the schools which have given nothing, be 
urged to begin at once and give to the Lord." The next resolution 
recommended "The Church at Home and Abroad," and the 5th? 
That the sessions of the churches should be instructed to take action 
at their first meetings, to make these resolutions efficient and be 
required to make report of their work and its success at the next 
Regular meeting of Presbytery. Dr. Biggs and Mr. J . McL. Welsh 
were appointed a committee to visit McArthur and obtain the money 
needed to secure the Sherwood fund. This they did. The Pastoral 
relation between Addison M. Chapin and the Mount Pleasant church 
was dissolved to take effect the last Sabbath of the month, and Mr. 
Chapin was dismissed to the Presbytery of Logansport. The fol- 
lowing resolution was also unanimously adopted: "That in dismiss- 
ing Bro. A. M. Chapin to the Presbytery of Logansport, we deplore 
the necessity that moves him from our bounds and from the pas- 
torate of one of our churches. He has been a good Presbyter and a 
faithful, instructive preacher of the gospel. In leaving us he carries 
with him our highest esteem and our ardent prayer for his success. 
We cordially commend him to the christian love and affection of the 
brethren among whom God may cast his lot. May the great Head 
of the Church give him many harvest sheaves, the crown of a true 
minister's life." 



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Mr. Chapin was born at Brookville, Indiana, February 9th, 1845, 
made profession of his faith, Nov. 29, 1863, and was received into the 
church at Spartansburgh, Pa., of which his father was then pastor. 
He graduated from Western Reserve College, in 1869, and from 
Lane Seminary, in 1872. August 31, 1873, he accepted a call from the 
church of Solon, Ohio, and was ordained and installed Pastor of that 
church, Dec, 17, 1873, having been licensed by the Presbytery of 
Erie, May 21st, 1871. He closed his pastorate at Solon, Oct 28, 1877. 
He was stated supply to the church at Aurora, Indiana, from April 
1st, 1878, until October 14, 1883, and began preaching at Kingston to 
the Mount Pleasant church the next Sabbath. He is now stated 
supply to the Second church of South Bend, Indiana. 

The pastoral relation was also dissolved between J. O. Pierce 
and the Frankfort church, to take effect the last Sabbath in th6 
month. Mr. Pierce however continued to supply the Frankfort and 
Greenland churches, for another year, after which he went to Yale 
College to take a post graduate course, giving special attention to 
the study of the Hebrew language. 

The following resolutions on Temperance, and the report of the 
standing committee were adopted without opposition, it having 
been explained, by the author of the resolutions, that they were not 
to be understood as a recommendation to vote the Third Partv 
ticket. "Resolved; 1st. That seeking the destruction of the Liquor 
Traffic and the removal of its attendant evils, we commend Prohibi- 
tion as the best system of legislation for the accomplishment of this 
purpose. Resolved; 2nd. That we will labor earnestly to secure the 
introduction of Scientific temperance instruction in all the Public 
Schools of the State." 

Before the next meeting of Presbytery two brethren, beloved, 
who have long been members of the Chillicothe Presbytery, took 
their departure. Samuel James Miller died Sep. 24, 1887. He was 
born, Lancaster, Pa., June 11, 1802; was at Princeton Theological 
Seminary, 1826-27; licensed by Presbytery, New Castle, April 2, 
1828; ord lined by the Presbytery of Miami, Oct. 7, 1829; pastor, New 
Lexington, Ohio, from 1829 to 1836; at Pleasant Ridge from 1836 to 
1843. Stated supply at Bethel and Pisgah, from 1843 to 1845 ; at 
Wilmington, from 1845 to 1851 : Pastor at Washington C. H., from 
1851 to 1866; stated supply, at New Holland and Wilmington, from 
1866 to 1870; home Missionary, preaching in the bounds of Presby- 
tery from 1871 to 1873; honorably retired in 1874, 

Wm. Plummer JEastman was born at HolH's, New Hampshire, 
Sep. 20, 1813; graduated from Partmouth CkAlege, in 1843, from 



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Andqver Theological Seminary, in 1845, was ordained by Tuscarawas 
Presbytery, May 5th, 1816; stated supply at New Comerstown and 
Coshocton, 1845 to 1847; pastor, Union 1853, to 1867. Principal of 
schools at Piketon, from 1867 o 1870, and at Kingston f:om 1871 to 
1874; stated supply at Union end Greenland, 1875 to 1882; died Oct. 
2nd. 1887. 

The Rev. Norman Jones writes, concerning Mr. Miller, that 
during the fifteen years that he labored at Washington C. H. he 
was "the faithful spiritual guide of the people, many ^ere added to 
the church, and the members were built up and instructed in the 
faith of thi: gospel. When he became pastor of this church, it 
was in a depressed and languid condition. There had been serious 
difficulty and trouble in the church. Two of its most active and 
influential elders and one cf its prominent deacons, had just 
wit). drawn from the church, and with their families had connected 
themselves with a sister evangelical church, thus weakening and 
disheartening the little flock of which he had just taken charge. 
The church building was old and very uncomfortable to worship in, 
and a debt of long standing, w is hanging over the congregation. In 
a short time, however, the debt was paid, and in a few yc ars, the old 
building was replaced by a new and comfoitable one, and the 
spiritual and financial condition of the church vastly charged for the 
better. Th^se fifteen ;/ears cf ministerial labor in this church, are 
bearing friiit now, after the tciler has gone to his reward. Mr. and 
Mrs. Miller were permitted to live to see, and with very many 
relatives and friends, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their 
wedding. The happy event occurred April 23, 1879, and was the 
first golden wedding over witnessed in Washington, and perhaps the 
first in the county. The number who came to offer their congratu- 
lations to the aged couple, and also to join in the social festivities of 
the occasion, was very large. Many kind letters were received from 
old friends and acquaintances of the family, who, unable to be in 
attendance, yet desired to present their gifts and affectionate con- 
gratulations. All four of their living children and all of their 
grand children, with many other relatives were present on this 
happy occasion to gladden :he hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Miller." 
Their children then living, ;vere Mrs. Hugh Kemper, of Walnut 
Hills, Cincinnati, since deceased; S. J. F. Miller, M. D., of Milwau- 
kee, Wisconsin; the Rev. F. E. Miller of Patterson New Jersey; and 
Mi ( >s Ida Miller.- "Eight years and five months after this happy 
anniversary, the tie which bound husband and wife together, for so 
many years, was severed by death. For some years before Mr. 



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Miller's death his eyesight had been failing him, but for the last 
three years he was totally blind. Those years of partial and total 
blindness, however, were not years of useless existence. Unable 
any longer to engage in the active duties of life, his days were 
passed at home with his family, and in pleasant intercourse with his 
many friends, who came to see him and whom he, and his family, 
were always glad to welcome when they came. The remembrance 
of these visits will not soon be forgotten by those who enjoyed them. 
As might have been expected, when his time came to die, he was 
f ally ready, and waiting for the Heavenly Bridegroom. Trusting 
implicitly in the merits of Christ, he had no fear of death, nor terror 
of the grave. Now that Father Miller is gone, he needs no one, in 
this community, to praise his memory; and yet we cannot pass by a 
life, so honest, so true, so upright in every way, without a word of 
commendation. It is but just to the memory of such a one, to 
record some of the virtues which shined out so brightly in his long 
and useful life. In ali those relations which he sustained to others, 
of husband, father, friend and citizen, he set before us an example 
worthy of our ipiitation. He was industrious, frugal, considerate 
and obliging, in all his earthly career. His was a life of honor, influ- 
ence and usefulness in every community in which he ever lived. 
Among those to whom he was best known, he was the most highly 
esteemed. In religious belief, he was a thorough Calvinist, and 
never hesitated, when it seemed proper to do so, to avow his belief 
in those doctrines They were in full accord with the deepest and 
strongest convictions of his heart and conscience. His preaching 
was plain, pointed and practical: always bringing the truth to bear 
upon the hearts and consciences of his hearers. As a pastor, he 
was ever mindful of his duty, having a constant watch and care 
over all the flock committed to his care. The vows taken by him, at 
his ordination, were kept continually in remembrance. He was 
always interested in church matters, even after he was confined to 
his home by total blindness and the infirmities of old age. In his 
last sickness, as he was nearing the other world, he inquired, as had 
been his habit before, where Presbytery was to meet, and about the 
welfare of its members. We may well believe that his interest in 
the church, of which he was a member and a minister for so many 
years, is not lessened, or destroyed, now that he is taken from us, 
but augmented and quickened, like that of other redeemed ones, 
who like him, have preceeded us to the better land. Eighty-five 
years of earthly labor have passed away and our friend has gone 
home to enjoy the rewards promised by the Master." 



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Mr. Eastman's death took place on Sabbath, and the day for 
communion in the Union Church. Mr. Guthrie, who was then 
preaching to the people of that church, thought that it would be fit 
and appropriate, to have a few of the neighbors gather at Mr. 
Eastman's house, in the afternoon, that with him they might partake 
of the blessed sacrament of the supper, which in the forenoon had been 
celebrated at the church. And since Dr. Biggs and I had long 
known Mr. Eastman, and did hold him in high esteem, he thought it 
would be pleasant also to have us there, and with Mr. Welsh, an elder 
in the Third church, we went, and found Mr. Eastman lying in bed, 
but glad to see us, and speaking plainer than I had heard him, 
since the attack of disease that had made him lose his hold upon 
and memory of words, a curious disease called Aphasia, a name in 
its meaning descriptive of the malady. When I went into the 
room he greeted me kindly as he did the other brethren, his voice 
seeming to have much of the old heartiness. We prepared for the 
services, and he began to lift himself into a sitting posture, in the 
bed, when he was told to lie still and we would raise him, at the 
proper time. Dr. Biggs read the words of institution, and was 
making some remarks appropriate to the occasion, standing in 
the door between the room in which the bed was, and that in which 
all of the little company, save Mr. Guthrie and myself, were. I 
noticed that Mr. Eastman's breathing grew heavy and thought, he 
will drop into sleep and we may have difficulty in arousing him; 
when he turned himself and in a strong, clear voice, said, "Gentle- 
men, I will have to excuse you for a moment; please step into 
the other room." We did as he requested, and his daughter went 
into the room where he was, and closed the door, which, in a minute 
she opened, saying as she did so, "Father is dying," and he was . 
After his death we did tinish the observance of the sacrament, and 
eat the bread and drink the wine. But for Mr. Eastman God had 
something better than even this communion with his Lord, together 
with those who had long known and loved him; for him, there was 
fellowship and communion with the saints in light and with his 
Lord sitting in visible glory upon the throne. 

Mr. Eastman was, in many respects, a peculiar man, outspoken 
and brusque in his condemnation of what he did not approve. Those 
who did not know his tenderness of heart, and judged him only by 
his sometimes outward appearance, might think him harsh and 
severe; but a visit to him. at his own home, would quickly dispel the 
illusion, and the longer and more intimate your acquaintance with 
him, the better you liked him. He was always distrustful of his 



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power as a preacher, and was a very much better preacher than he 
thought he was. I have heard him a number of times, and always 
with pleasure and profit. He was honest and fearless, had about 
him none of the arts of diplomacy, but was an independent, manly ? 
upright, tender-hearted, loving man — one of the excellent of earth, 
who become the ornaments of heaven. He was an earnest, uncom- 
promising Christian man, without pretense or cant, who faithfully 
labored in the work to which God had called him, without complaint 
or murmur, and having finished the work that God had for him to 
do here, he entered in upon his reward. 

At Bloomingburgh, April 10th and 11th, 1888, the White Oak 
Church petitioned Presbytery to restore its name to the roll of 
churches. The petition was granted, and J. G. Galbreath and 
W. J. McSurely, ministers, and J. McL. Welsh, John McNicol, Hugh 
Bell and A. Hurst, were appointed to receive members and have 
care over this church, until such time as elders may be chosen and 
installed. Samuel W. Elliott, Ph. D., was received from the Presby- 
tery of Portsmouth. The pastoral relation between John H. Jones 
and the church of Bloomingburgh was, at his request, dissolved, to 
take effect the last Sabbath of April, at which time Mr. Jones was 
directed to declare the pulpit vacant. Mr. Jones was granted leave 
to labor out of bounds, and the Stated Clerk was directed to give 
him a letter of recommendation. Bloomingburgh church had leave 
to procure their own supplies, until the next stated meeting. The 
trustees of Salem Academy were permitted to elect their treasurer 
for the term of five years. Concord Church was chosen for the place 
of the next meeting, and it was ordered that a Sabbath-school con- 
vention be held at that church, September 13th. 

At Concord, September 11th and 12th, 1888, the Rev. John 
Wright, of Oroomiah, was present, and took his seat as a corre- 
sponding member. Halsey W. Clark, a licentiate, was received on 
certificate from the Presbytery of Cincinnati. Edward Pinkerton, a 
member of Salem church, was taken under the care of Presbytery as 
a candidate for the ministry. James G. Galbreath was re-elected 
Stated Clerk; Norman Jones, Permanent Clerk, and Geo. Carpenter, 
Treasurer, all for the term of three years. Washington C. H. was 
chosen as the place for the next stated meeting. 

There was a called meeting, however, at Greenfield, November 5, 
1888, at which the pastoral relation between the Rev. J. G. Galbreath 
and the churches of Marshall , Belfast, New Market and Bethel was 
dissolved, to take effect November 11. A call from White Oak, for 
half time was placed in the hands of Mr. Galbreath, which he 



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accepted, and W. J. McSurely and Geo. B. Beecber were appointed a 
committee to install him. The details of the installation were left to 
the committee. Mr. Galbreath was granted leave to labor the other 
half of his time out of bounds, and has been supplying the church of 
Sardinia, in the Presbytery of Portsmouth. He was installed at 
White Oak, December 20, 1888. Dr. McSurely presided and charged 
the paster, and Mr. Beecher preached and gave the charge to the 
people. 

There was another called meeting at Bloomingburgh, December 
27th, 1888, at which Mr. Halsey W. Clark accepted a call from the 
Bloomingburgh church, and was ordained and installed pastor of that 
church. S. D. Grothers preached the ordination sermon, S. B 
Alderson gave the charge to the pastor, and Norman Jones to the 
people. 

The Rev. Halsey W. Glark was born at Campbell, Steuben 
county, New York, October 22, 1858; took his literary course at 
Geneseo, New York, and graduated from Lane Seminary, May 3, 
1888. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Cincinnati, in April, 
1887. From May to September, during tli9 seminary vacation, 1887, 
he supplied the church of Wapakoneta, and during the last year of 
his seminary course, supplied the Bond Hill church, near Cincinnati. 

At Chillicothe, March 5, 1889, there was a called meeting, at 
which, in order to perfect their title to the property, that so they 
could get aid from the Board of Church Erection, to rebuild their 
church, which, with the manse, had been destroyed by fire, the 
Wilkesville church was dissolved, and the Rev. H. W. Guthrie, with 
elders Messrs. Hopewell and Welsh, of Chillicothe, and Paine and 
Moore, of Hamden, were appointed a committee to organize a church 
at Wilkesville, of the same persons who had been members, to the 
trustees of which, when elected, and the church had become incor- 
porated, the trustees of the Presbytery shall be directed to make a 
a deed for the property. This was done by Messrs. Guthrie and 
Moore, of the committee, March 10. The former elders were elected 
and installed. 

At Washington C. H, April 9th and 10th, 1889, J. H. Jones was 
dismissed to the Presbytery of Mahoning. Matthan M. Marshall was 
received from the Presbytery of Lima, and accepted a call from the 
churches of New Market, Bethel, Marshall, and Belfast. Geo. B. 
Beecher and J. M. Hibben were appointed a committee to arrange 
for his installation, at Marshall and Belfast, and J. G. Galbreath and 
John McNicol to arrange for the same at Bethel and New Market. 

Mr. Marshall was born March 8, 1851, near Bellevue, Huron 



county, Ohio; attended college at North Western College, Naperviile, 
Illinois; studied theology privately with ministers of the United 
Brethren church; was licensed to preach by Sandusky Annual Con- 
ference of the U. B. Church, at Rising Sun, Wood county, Ohio, Sep- 
tember 8th. 1883; was ordained at Helena, Sandu^y county, Ohio, 
September 23, 1883, by Bishop J. J. OHossbrenner; was received by 
letter into Lima Presbytery, at Celiua, Mercer county. Ohio, Sep- 
tember 22, 1886; supplied Kalida church for two years and throe 
months, and then began his labors in our Presbytery. During bis 
ministry in the U. B. Church he had charges at North Robinson, 
Oary, and Yanlue, two years in each place. During these six years 
nearly two hundred were added to the churches to which he min- 
istered. 

M. B. Cooley, an ordained deacon in the M. E. Church, was 
received as a licentiate. 

Mr. Cooley was born near Athens, Ohio, May 15, 1840; studied 
two years at the Ohio University; joined the M. E. Church March 
3, 1852; was licensed to preach November 16, 1867; ordained Deacon 
September 29, 1872, by the Rev. L. Scott, D. D, He preached on the 
Plymouth circuit one year, on Hamden circuit one year, on the Pleas- 
anton circuit three years, and on Coalville circuit one year. He 
preached at Harmar Station one year, and one year at Buchtel Sta- 
tion. He lives at McArthur. 

Presbybery also received Messrs. S. L. McKee and T. S. Mc- 
Williams, licentiates, from the Transylvania Presbytery. Mr. 
McKee was born in Columbia, Adair county, Kentucky, October 11, 
1859, graduated at Center college, Danville, with the class of 1883, 
and from Princeton Theological Seminary with the class of 1888, 
He assisted the Rev. Dr. S. D. Wishard in evangelistic labors in 
Kentucky, in the summer vacation of 1886, and assisted his brother, 
Jas. L. McKee, in mission work, in South Eastern Kentucky, during 
the summer of 1887. During the summer of 1888, was engaged in 
Sabbath School Missionary work. From October 1, 1888 to April 1st, 
1889, was a missionary, under the Board of Home Missions, for 
Transylvania Presbytery, in the churches of Clay and Kccz cour.ties, 
Kentucky. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Tran- 
sylvania, in session at Lancaster, Kentucky, Sept. 12th, 1888. He is 
now supplying the church at Frankfort O. Mr. Me Williams, a native 
of Kentucky, and graduate of Centre college, and of Princeton 
Theological Seminary, which Seminary he attended for one year, 
having been two years in Seminary, at Danville, Kentucky, accepted 
a call from the First church of Chillicothe, to became co-pastor 



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with Dr. Biggs, and June 11th at half past two o'clock P. M., was 
appointed for his ordination and installation, if the way be clear. 
Dr. McSurely to preside, S. B. Aiderson to preach, H. W. Guthrie 
to give the charge to the pastor and Dr. Campbell to the people. 

The Presbytery now has tweuty-seven ministers and three licen- 
tiates, one canc^date for the ministry, Mr. Edward Pinkerton, who 
was taken under our care September 12, 1888; he is a great 
grandson of the Rev. Dr. Robert G. Wilson. There are thirty-four 
churches on its roll; and there were reported to Synod last fall 
3.812 communicants in connection with its churches. The meeting 
at Washington was pleasant and profitable. The people there who 
had recently been blessed with a large increase in numbers, were also 
rejoicing over their new church, a beautiful building, and well 
arranged and handsomely furnished. In order to contrast the style 
of architecture at th» beginning of our Presbytery, and now, I have 
procured an engraving of the First Presbyterian church in Columbus 
in 1814, then in our Presbytery. I suppose that then many of the 




FIRST CHUROii, COLUMBUS, 1814. 



churches were of similar character, but this is the only one of 
which I could procure an authentic representation; the engraving is 
copied from one in Wilson's Presbyterian Almanac. This building 
was erected on Spring street near Third, and after it was built, the 
ervices of the church were alternated between Columbus and 
Franklinton, using this building in Columbus until 1818, 



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As will be seen from the picture the church at Washington, built 
more recently than any other in the Presbytery, finished but a short 
time before the meeting of Presbytery there, is very unlike the build- 
ing used for four years by the church in Columbus. 




PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WASHINGTON,' C. H. 



Of the ministers now in the Presbytery, Mr. Barrett is in th^ 
26fchyear of his pastorate at Pisgab, his first, and only charge. Dr. 
Biggs is in his 25th year at Chillicothe. Dr. Crothers is in his 25th 
year at Greenfield; Dr. McSurely ia h s 20th year at Hillsborough, 
and Dr. Oamnbell in his 19t.h year at Salem. 



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After what is found on page 258 concerning James Thompson 
had been printed, I received the following which will correct a mis- 
take that I made concerning the place of his birth and show further 
the character of the man. I regret that I did not have it in time to put 
it in its proper place. "James Thompson was born in county Down, 
Ireland, in October 1816, received hia early impressions of religion 
from his parents who belonged t j that branch of the Presbyterian 
Church known as the Covenanters, and has great cause for thankful- 
ness that his early training was of so strict a character." He says: 
"The fear of .God and the regard for the Sabbath that were impressed 
on my mind in childhood, re-named with me through life and saved 
me from many a fall . Losing my mother, at the age of nine years, I 
was early thrown on mv own resources, but succeeded through what 
some would call great difficulty in getting a trade, and coming to 
this country, where, by the blessing of God, we have raised a family 
of which we need not be ashamed. Truly we may say God has been 
good to us." At the meeting in Chillicothe First church, June 11, 
1889, T. S. Mc William s was ordained and installed pastor of the 
First Church, and S. L. McKee was ordained as an evangelist. Dr. 
McSurely preached the ordination sermon, Mr. Alderson who had 
been appointed to that duty not being able to be present. Mr. 
Guthrie gave the charge to the young brothers and Dr. Campbell to 
the people The Rev, T. S. Mc Williams and the Rev. S, L. McKee 
then being invited, took their seats as members of Presbytery, making 
now 29 ministers on our roll. 



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The following is a list of the chairmen of the standing commit- 
tees of the Presbytery. 

Home Missions, G. B. Beecher, Hillsborough. 
Foreign Missions, S. W. Elliott; Kingston. 

Education and Aid for Colleges, R. C. Galbraith, Jr. Chillicothe. 
Publication and Sunday Schools, S. F. Sharpless, Bainbridge 
Ministerial Belief, R. K. Campbell, South Salem. 
Church erection, W. J. McSurely, Hillsborough. 
Freedmen, H. W. Guthrie, Chillicothe. 

Vacant Churches and Supplies, S. B. Alderson, Washington, 
C. H . 

; Beneficence, J. G. Galbreath, Sardinia. 
Temperance, S. C. Crothers, Greenfield. 

EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES. 

Experimental Religion and Motives, Geo. Carpenter, Chilli- 
cothe. 

Theology, R. C. Galbraith, Jr., Chillicothe. 

Natural, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Norman Jones, Wash- 
ington C. H. 

Languages, S. W. Elliott, Kingston. 

Church Government, History and Sacraments, H. W. Guthrie, 
Chillicothe. 

Subjects for Trial, R K. Campbell, South Salem. 

In 1888, the Presbyterian church, in the United States, had, 
ministers, 5,789; churches, 6,543; additions on examination and 
profession of faith 51,082; on certificate 34,322; communicants 
722,071. 

And so endeth this History of the Presbytery. 



CHAPTER XI. 



ORDER FO MEETINGS OF PRESBYTERY, WITH NAMES OF OFFICERS AND A LIST 
OF ELDERS PRESENT. 

1st Meeting. — Johnston's Fork Meeting House, April 9th and 
10th, 1799. Present: John E. Finley, John P. Campbell, John Dun- 
low and Richard McNemar, ministers. Elders: Wm. Johnston, 
Sebastian Sroff and Joseph Darlington; John Hart the 2nd day took 
Wm. Johnston's place. John E. Finley, Mod.; John P. Campbell, 
T. C. and also S. C. 

2nd. — Baptist meeting House, Washington, Ky., Oct. 24, 1799 
Elders present: Edward Harris, Sebastian Sroff and Robert Robin- 
Bon. John E. Finley, Mod.; John P. Campbell, T. C. 

3rd. — Orangedale, Nov. 15th and 16th, 1799. Elder present: 
David Reeder. John E. Finley, Mod. ; JohD Dunlevy, T. C. 

4th.— Cabin Creek, April 8-10, 1800. Elders present: John 
Donaldson, Robert Robb and Hans Ireland. Richard McNemar, 
Mod,; John P. Campbell, T. C. 

5th. — Cincinnati, Oct. 7-10, 1800. Elders present: Andrew Hen- 
derson, Thomas McFarlio and Aaron Tullis. John E. Finley, Mod,; 
James Kemper, T. C. 

6th.— Red Oak, April 14th and 15th, 1801. Elders present: 
Joseph Darlington, Joseph Yeats, Sebastian Sroff and Hampton 
Paugbourne. Wm. Speer, Mod.; Joseph Darlington, T. C. 

7th.— -Bethany, August 5th and 6th, 1801. Elder present: Seth 
Huron. Wm. Speer, Mod. ; J Ernes Kemper, T. C. 

8th.— Eagle Creek, Oct. 6-8, 1801. Elders present; James 
Baird and James Lyon. James Kemper, Mod.; John Dnnlevy,#T. C. 

9th.— Springfield, (Springdale,) Nov. 11th and 12th, 1801. 
Elder present: Moses Miller. James Kemper, Mod.: Richard 
McNemar, T. C. 

10th.— Washington, Kv. ; April 13-15, 1802. Elders present: 
James Jones, John Campbell, James Ewing, Charles Shepherd and 
Thomas Beningfcon. John Dunlevy, Mod.; Matthew Green 
Wallace, T. C. 

11th. — Cincinnati, Oct. 6-9, 1802. Elders present: Joseph 
Reeder, Robert Gill, Stephen Wheeler, Moses Miller and Francis 
Bedle. John E. Finley. Mod.; John Thompson, T. C, 

12th.—Sprmg£eld, April 6—11, 1803. Elders present: Joseph 



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Reeder, Daniel Eobins. Aaron Tullis, Stephen Wheeler, John 
McCormick, Win. Wilson and Robert Robb. John Dunlevy, Mod.; 
James Kemper, T. C. 

13fch. — Cincinnati, Oct. 5th and 6th, 1803. Elders present: John 
Evans. Joseph Reeder and James Lyon. John E. Finley, Mod.; 
James Kemper, T. 0. 

14tb. — Red Oak, April 4-6, 1804. Elders present: Jonathan 
Whitaker, John Naylor, John Bovelle, Robert Robb and Isaac Shep- 
herd. James Kemper, Mod.; John P. Campbell, T.C. 

15th. — Mr Buckhannon's House, July 25th, 1804. Elders pres- 
ent; Sampson MeCollock, John McCabe and Matthew McClung. 
James Kemper, Mod.; Robert Wilson, T. 0. 

16th —Washington, Ky., Oct. 3rd and 4th, 1804. Elders pres- 
ent: Daniel Reeder and Edward Harris. At this meeting Kemper 
elected Treasurer and S. Clerk vice J. P. Campbell. James Kem- 
per, Mod.: Robert Wilson, T. C. 

17th.— Hopewell Church, April 3rd and 4th, 1805. Elders pres- 
ent : Wm. Logan and John McConnell. John E. Finley, Mod.; Mat 
G. Wallace, T. C. 

. 18th.— Straight Creek, August 28th and 29th, 1805. Elders 
present: John Fee, Wm. Logan, Matthew McClung and Joseph Van- 
horn. John E. Finley, Mod.; Mat G. Wallace, T. C. 

19th.— Buckskin, Oct. 2nd and 3rd, 1805. Elders present: Wm. 
Pafcfcon. John McConnell, Jonathan Whitaker and James Ewing 
Wm. Williamson, Mod.; Robert Wilson, T. C. 

20th. — Cincinnati, April 2nd and 3rd, 1806. Elders present: 
Jesse Reeder, David Stocton, Stephen Wheeler, Robert Robinson, 
John Campbell, Isaac Shepherd and Adam McPherson. Robert G. 
Wilson, Mod.; Mat G. Wallace, T. C. 

21st.— Chillicothe, Oct. 1st and 2nd, 1806. Elders present: 
Samuel Salisbury, Wm. Anderson and Hugh Cochran. James 
Kemper, Mod.; Robert B. Dobbins, T. C. 

22nd. — Lebanon, April 1st and 2nd, 1807. Elders present: Jon- 
athan Whitaker, Jonathan Tichenor and John McClain. Wm. 
Robinson, Mod.; Robert, G. Wilson. T. C. 

23rd.— Lebanon, Oct, 14th and 15th, 1807. Elders present: 
Archibald Boyd, Adam McPherson, Ralph Vorhis, Benjamin Perlee, 
Joseph Yanhorn and Daniel Reeder. Mat G. Wallace, Mod. ; Robert 
Wilson, T. C. 

24th —Nazareth. April 6-8, 1808. Elders present: Joseph 
McCoy, Joseph Darlington, Alexander Martin, John McConnell and 
James Ewing. At this meeting Robert G. Wilson was elected 



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Treasurer and S. C, vice Kemper. James Gilliland, Mod.; Robert 
Wilson, T. C. 

25th.— Frankiinton, June 10th and 11th, 1808. Elder present: 
Wm. Reid. James Gilliland, Mod.; Robert G. Wilson, T. C. 

26th.— Liberty, June 14, 1808, Elders present not noted. 
James Gilliland, Mod. ; Robert G. Wilson, T. C. 

27th.— Washington, Ky., Oct. 6th and 7th, 1808. Elders pres- 
ent: Archibald Boyd, John Bovell and Edward Harris. Mat G. 
Wallace, Mod.; W T m. Williamson, T. C. 

28th.— Buckskin, April 5th and 6th, 1809. Elders present: 
James Scott, Archibald Hopkins, David Edmonson and Garrett ' 
Vhores. Robert B. Dobbins, Mod.; James Hoge, S. C. 

29th.— Red Oak, October 4th and 5th, 1809. Elders present: 
Hugh Cochran, Michael Fisher, Richard Rounceville, Stephen Wil 
lis, John Naylor, Joseph McKibben and John Campbell. James 
Hoge, Mod.; Wm. Williamson, T. C. 

30th.— Chillicothe, April 4th and 5th, 1810. Elders present, 
Samuel Finley, Thomas Kirker, John Miller, William Kinkead, 
Wm. Read, Joshua Ewing, Daniel Skinner, John McClain, Silas 
Huron and Garrett Vhores. William Robinson, Mod,; James 
Hoge, T. C. 

31st.— Cincinnati, Oct.3-5, 1810. Elders present: Andrew Moore, 
George Fee, Joseph Mc Marry, James Barber, Joseph Parks, John 
McCormick, James Gallaher, 'Daniel Reeder and Samuel Strain. 
James Welsh, Mod.; Robert G. Wilson, T C. 

32ud. — Hillsborough, April 3rd and 4th, 1811. Elders present: 
David Drydeu, Alexander McCoy, David Jolly and James Wilson. 
Samuel Woods, Mod.; Wm. Williamson, T. C. 

33rd.— Rocky Spricig, June 26th and 27th, 1811. Elders pres- 
ent: James Robinson, Richard Rounceville, Hugh McClelland and 
John McLean. Nicholas Pillenger, Mod.; Wm. Williamson, T. C. 

34th. — Buckskin, August 26, 1811. Of this meeting no record, 
but know that it was held, as Mr. James Dickey was then ordained 
and installed. N. Pittinger, Mod.; Wm. Williamson T. C. 

35th.— Manchester, Oct. 3rd and 4th, 1811. Elders present: 
Samuel Finley, Wm. Means, Alexander Martin, David Jolly, John 
Feo, David Miller, Joshua Ewing and John Martin. John E. Fin- 
ley, Mod. ; Wm. Williamson, T. C. 

36th.— Chillicothe, April 1st and 2nd, 1812. Elders present: 
John McClean, James Baird, Archibald Hopkins, John Fee, Alexan- 
der White, Archibald McClain, Wm. Reed and John McLean, 
James H. Dickey, Mod.; R. G. Wilson, T. O. 



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37th. —Red Oak, October 7th and 8th, 1812. Elders present: 
John Evans, Robert Brooks, John Bovelle, John Fee, John Garrett, 
Benjamin Blair, and William Garrett. 

38th.— Rocky Spring, April 7th and 8th, 1813. Elders present: 
Mathew McClung, John Davidson and William Taylor. Robert 
Wilson, Mod.; Robert B. Dobbins. T. C. 

39th. — Washington, Kentucky, October 5-7, 1813. Elders pres- 
ent: Joseph Darlington, William Kinkaid, Samuel Tweed, Edward 
Harris, James Watts and David Edmiston. James Giililand, Mod. ; 
James H. Dickey, T. C. 

40th.— Red Oak, November 24th and 25th, 1813. Elders pres- 
ent: Stephen Willis, Samuel Tweed and David Jolly. James Giili- 
land, Mod. : James Hoge, T. C. 

41st. — Buckskin, April 6-8, 1814. Elders present: Robert Rob- 
inson, Samuel Salisbury, John Moore, Richard Evans and John 
McClean, Robert Wilson, Mod.; William Williamson, T. C. 

42nd. — Concord, October 11-13, 1814. Elders present: Joseph 
Miller, Samuel Salisbury, William Garrett, Thomas Petti john, 
Joseph McKibben and John McConnell. John Andrews, Mod.: 
Robert B. Dobbins, T. C. 

43rd. — Nazareth, April 5th and 6th, 1815. Elders present: 
John McLean, Joseph Nelson, John Evans, William Keyes and 
James Barbour. Wm. Williamson, Mod.; R. G. Wilson, T. 0. 

44th.— Chillicothe, October 17th, 18th, 20tb, 23rd 25th, 1815. 
Elders present: Joseph Miller, Samuel Salisbury, John Davidson, 
William ' Garrett, John McClean, James Stewart and David Bay. 
Presbytery adjourned from 18th to 20th and from 20th to 23d. 
James Giililand, Mod.; James Hoge, T. C. 

45th.— Red Oak. April 3rd and 4th, 1816. Elders present: Wm. 
Robb, Stephen Willh, Victor Larrimore, David Jolly and Robert 
Edmiston. Nicholas Pittinger, Mod.; Robert G. Wilson, T. C. 

46th. — Hillsborough, September 4th and 5th, 1816. Elders pres- 
ent: Joseph Darlington. John Laughlin, James Watts and James 
Harper. James Hoge, Mod.; James H. Dickey, T. C. 

47th Buckskin, April 2nd and 3rd, 181v Elders present: 
James Robinson, Wm. Means, Alexander McCoy, Hugh McClelland 
and David Edmiston. Robt. B. Dobbins, Mod. ; Robt. G. Wilson, T. C. 

48th— Red Oak, May 21st, 1817. Elder present: Stephen Willie. 
Robt. B. Dobbins, Mod.; Wm, Williamson Clerk, pro tern This was a 
called meeting in reference to some witnesses that Presbytery 
of Lancaster wanted in a case before them, 

49th,— Rocky Spring, August 6th and 7th, 1817. Elders present: 



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James Robinson, Thomas Kirker, Wm. Kinkaid, Salmon Templin 
and John Henry. James H. Dickey, Mod.; James Hoge, T. C. At 
this meeting the Rev. Robert G. Wilson resigned the office of 
Stated Clerk and James H. Dickey was elected in his place. 

SOfch— Chiliicothe, October 1st and 2nd, 1817. Elders present: 
John McClain, John Laughlin, Wm Keys, Michael Fisher and 
Alexander McLean. James H. Dickey, Mod.; James Hoge, T. C. 

51st— West Union, April 8th and 9th, 1818. Elders present: 
Robert Brooks, Wm. Kinkaid, John Swan, John Morton, Joel Berry- 
man and Thomas McGarraugh. For some reason, that does not 
appear Mr. Dickey was elected and served part of the time as T. C, 
Robt. G. Wilson, Mod.; James H. Dickey and James Hoge, T. C. 
then resigned and Mr. Hoge was elected. 

52nd.— Salem, August 26th and 27th, 1818. Elders present: 
Thomas Kirker, James Salisbury, David Jolly, Archibald McLean; 
Amos Pettyjohn, John McConnell and Henry Snyder. Reuben 
White, Mod.; Robt, G. Wilson, T. C. 

53rd — Chiliicothe, October 15, 1818. Elders present: S. Strain, 
David Edmiston and John Davidson. Reuben White, Mod. ; Robt 
G. Wilson, T. C. 

54th— Red Oak, April 7th and 8th, 1819. Elders present : Richard 
Rounceville, Ralph Voris, Dan. Evans, Archibald McLean, Samuel 
Anderson, David Murray and John Moore. Wm. Williamson, Mod.; 
Robt, G. Wilson T. C. 

55 h— Hillsborough, September 29th and 30th, 1819. Elders 
present John McCIean, Robert Robinson, Douglas B. Shelieday, 
Wm. Garrett, John Morton, Joel Berryman, James Baird and 
Elijah Allen. Wm. Dickey, Mod.; Robt G. Wilson, T. C. From 
this on R. G. Wilson, D. D. 

56th. — Salem, April 5th and 6th, 1820. Elders present: Robert 
Nelson, Samuel Waddie, James Murray, William Taylor, Archibald 
Hopkins, Wm. Keys and Victor Larrimore. James Hoge, Mod.; 
Robt. G.Wilson, D. D.,T. C. 

57th.— Red Oak, September 27th and 28th, 1820. Elders present: 
Robert Brooks, William Kincaid, James Stewart, John Henry, 
Thomas Pettyjohn, Joseph Campbell, James Baird, and William 
Garrett. John Andrews, Mod.j Rob*. G. Wilson, D. D., T. C. 

58th. — Columbus, October 19, 1820. Eldei'3 present, James 
Manary and Frederick Ware. James Hoge^ Mod. pro tern.; Robt 
G. Wilson, D. D., T. C. 

59th — Hillsborough, April 3-6, 1821. Elders present: James 
Salisbury, Thomas McGarraugh, Joel Berryman, Wilson Stewart, 



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David Murray, John Morton and Richard Evans. Robt. B. Dobbins, 
Mod. ; James H. Dickey, S. C. 

60th.— West Union, September 19th and 20th, 1821. Elders 
present: John McLean, Richard Rounceville, (spelled also 'ceval and 
'seval,) Alexander McCoy, John Long, Robert Smith, Wm. Garrett, 
John Poage, Jonathan Moore, Joseph Darlington and David Bay. 
Samuel D. Hoge. Mod.; R. G. Wilson, D. D., T. C. 

61st.— Chillicothe, October 18, 1821. Elders present: David Bay, 
John Laughry, Hugh Milligan, Robt. Smith, Samuel Strain, Thomas 
Kirker, Ralph Vorhis and Joseph Gillespie. Samuel D. Hoge, 
Mod.; Robt. G. Wilson, D. D., T. C. This was the last meeting 
under the name of Washington Presbytery. 

62nd. — and 1st under name of Chillicothe. Concord, April 
3-5, 1822. Elders present: Archibald Hopkins, Isaac Templin, John 
Emmery, Hugh Ghormley, Andrew Hemphill, Salmon Templin, 
Victor Larrimore, Abraham Shepherd and Hugh Cochran. Sam'l. 
Crothers, Mod.; R. G. Wilson, D. D., T. C. 

63rd— 2nd. Hillsborough, September 24-27, 1822. Elders pres- 
ent: John Thompson, Robert Robinson, William Kinkaid, John 
McCormick, Hugh Milligan, John Morton, Samuel McConnell, 
John Evans and James Morrow. Dyer Burgess, Mod.; Robt. G. 
Wilson, D. D., T. C. 

64th— 3d. Greenfield, April 1-3, 1823. Elders present, George 
Haynes, James Manary, John McConnell, Andrew Hemphill, Terah 
Templin, Joseph N. Campbell and James Salisbury. John Rankin, 
Mod. ; James H. Pickey, T. C. 

65th^Uh, W T est Union, September 30, October 3, 1823. Elders 
present: Robert Brooks, Alexander McCoy, David Murray, James 
Stewart, Amos Pettyjohn, Wilson Stewart, Abraham Shepherd, 
Andrew Cooper John Swan and Robert Edmiston. William William- 
son, Mod.; James H. Dickey, T. C. 

66th— 5th. Hillsborough, ' December 3, 1823. Elders present: 
Douglas B. Shellyday, Hugh Ghormley, David Edmiston, Robert 
Smith and Wm. Garrett. Wdcl Williamson, Mod.- James H. Dickey, 
T. C. 

67th— 6th. Concord, April 6-8, 1824. Elders present: James 
Manary, John McConnell, Frederick Ware, Samuel Strain, Terah 
Templin and James Murray. R. G. Wilson, D. D., Mod.; James H. 
Dickey, T. C. 

68th— 7th. Chillicothe, May 5th, 1824. Elders present: John 
Thompson and Alexander McLean. Dr. W 7 ilson dismissed to Athens 
Presbytery. William Dickey, Mod.; James H. Dickey, T. C. 

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69th— 8th. Ripley, September 28-30, 1824. Elders present: 
Richard Rounceville, Wm. Huggins, Thomas Kirker, Wm. Claybaugh, 
John Morton, Charles Porter, Wm. Keys, Samuel McConnell, John 
Moore, Archibald McLean, James Garrett and Hugh Milligan. 
Nicholas Pittinger, Mod. ; James XL Dicli9y, T. 0. 

70th— 9th. Red Oak, April 5th and 6th, 1825. Elders present: 
Israel Donaldson, Archibald Hopkins, Andrew GunniDg, Philip 
Mc Williams, John Henry, John Evans, Walter Dun, Amos Pettyjohn, 
Salmon Templin and James Manary. Robert B. Dobbins, Mod.; 
Samuel Crothers, T. C. 

7l3t — 10th. Hillsboro', June 1st and 2nd, 1825. Elders present: 
Samuel Salisbury, Samuel Strain, John Morton, Hugh Ghormley and 
Samuel Keys. Robert B. Dobbins, Mod.; Samuel Crothers, T. C. 

72ad— 11th. West Union, September 28th and 29th, 1825. Eld- 
ers present: Robert Brookes, Ralph Voris, Samuel McConnell, David 
Murray, James Manary, Wilson Stewart, Dan Evans, John Swan, 
Joseph N. Campbell and John Thompson. James Gillilland, Mod. ; 
Samuel Crothers, T. C. 

73rd — 12th. Rocky Spring, January 3, 1826. Elders present: 
Samuel Strain and Hugh Milligan. Nicholas Pittinger, Mod.; Jas. 
H. Dickey, T. C. 

74th— 13th. Manchester, April 5th and 6th, 1826. Elders pres- 
ent: Richard Rounceville, Archibald Hopkins, James Baird, James 
Stewart, John McConnell, Alexander McLean, Jonathan Moore 
Thomas Parmer, Anthony Walke and Thomas C. Poage. Samuel 
Crothers, Mod. ; James H. Dickey, T. C. 

75th— 14th. Bloomingburgh, September 27th and 28th, 1826. 
Elders present: James Baird, James Manary, Philip Mc Williams 
John Henry, Anthony Walke, John Shepherd, Salmon Templin and 
William Bloom. Dyer Burgess, Mod.; James H. Dickey, T. C. 

78th— 15th. Red Oak, April 4th and 5th, 1827. Elders present: 
Israel Donaldson, Archibald Hopkins, William Garrett, James Baird, 
Joseph Gillespie, Wilson Stewart, John Morton, William Keys, 
Thomas Bennington, Samuel Patton, Samuel Dry den, John Moore 
and Moses Baird. William Graham, Mod.; James H. Dickey, T. C. 

77th— 16th. Hillsborough, September 25-27, 1827. Elders pres- 
ent: Archibald Hopkins, Thomas Douglass, David Murray, Samuel 
McConnell, David Jolly, Alexander McLean and John Swan. John 
Rankin, Mod.; William Graham, T. C. 

78— 17th. West Union, April 1-3, 1828. Elders present: Na- 
thaniel Montgomery, Jacob Shepherd, William Wilson, James 
Ewing, James Stewart, Robert Wilson, James Ellison, Robert Poage, 



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Richard Long, Terah Templin, Hugh Ghormley and Moses Baird. 
James H. Dickey, Mod. ; William Graham, T. C. 

79th— 18th. Greenfield, October 9th and 10th, 1828. Elders 
present: John Shepherd, William Garrett, Thomas Kirker, Elijah 
Allen, John McConnell, Robert Braden, Duncan Evans, Robert 
Smith, Dan Evans and Israel Donaldson. William Dickey, Mod.; 
William Graham, T. C. 

80th— 19th. Ripley, April 1st and 2d, 1829. Elders present: 
Israel Donaldson, Douglass B. Shellyday, John R. Strain, James 
Stewart, William Matthews, John Waddle, Thomas Young, Thomas 
Kirker, Richard LoDg, W T illiam Keys, John C. Poage and Moses 
Baird. James Gilliland, Mod.; William Graham, T. C. 

81st— 20th. Hillsborough, April 30th, 1829. Elders present: 
William Keys and Richard Long. William Dickey, Mod. ; William 
Graham, T. C. 

82d— 21st. West Union, September 29th, October 1st, 1829. 
Elders present: Nathaniel Montgomery, Archibald Hopkins, Alex- 
ander McLean, James E»ving, Robert Poage, James Thompson, 
William Kirker, David Jolly and Alfred Beasly. Dyer Burgess, 
Mod.; William Graham, T. C. 

83rd— 22± Hillsborough, January 5-7, 1S30. Elders present: 
John Shepherd, Samuel Dryden, John R. Strain, Hugh Milligan, 
Andrew Barry, Isaac Evans, John Laughead, Alfred Beasly and 
David Murray. S. D. Bly the, Mod. ; William Graham, T. C. At this 
meeting James H. Dickey resigned the office of Stated Clerk, and 
Samuel D. Blythe was elected in his place. 

84th— 23rd. W r est Union, April 6-8, 1830. Elders present : Jacob 
Shepherd, Israel Donaldson, Thomas Young, Joseph S. Gillespie, 
Hugh Ghormley, Samuel McConnell, Abraham Shepherd, Caleb 
Smith, Alfred Baasly, W. H. Allen, James Manary, Thomas Kirker, 
Moses Beard and Jonathan Moore. David Monfort, Mod. ; Samuel 
Crothers, T. C. 

85th— 24th. Hillsborough, October 5-7, 1830. Elders present: 
Josiah McClean, James Stewart, Philip McWilliams, Andrew Hemp- 
hill, William Garrett, John C. Poage, Isaac Collett, Alfred Beasly, 
Samuel Keys, William King, Thomas Kirker, Jacob Shepherd, 
Robert Smith, William Ellison and John Swan. Jesse H. Lock- 
hart, Mod.; William Graham, T. C. 

88th— 25th. Rocky Spring, January 25th and 26th, 1831. Elders 
present: Robert Braden, William Ploom, John Means, Samuel 
McConnell, Thomas Kirker and P. McWilliams. Dyer Burgess, Mod, ; 
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87th— 26th. Union, March 4, 1831. Elders present: Alexander 
McClean, John McLean and David Gorbit. James H. Dickey, Mod.; 
Samuel Crothers, T. C. At this meeting H. S. Fullerton ordained 
and installed. 

88th— 27th. Manchester, April 5-7, 1831. Elders present: Ralph 
Vories, Elijah Allen, Joseph M. Campbell, Aaron Wilson, Richard 
Long Jame^ Campbell, David Mitchell and Nathaniel Montgomery. 
John P. Vandyke, Mod ; Wm Graham, T. C. 

89th— 28th. Hillsborough, October 4-6, 1831. Elders present: 
Jacob Shepherd, John Morton. Charles Porter. James Thompson, 
Edward Francis, William M. Vorris, John McCoy, William Garrett, 
Thomes Stevenson, Abraham Pettyjohn, Terah Templin and Samuel 
Dryden. H. S. Fullerton, Mod.; James H. Dickey, T. C. 

90th— 29th. Chillicothe, January 17th and 18th, 1832. Elders 
present: J. S. Gillespie, James Ellison, David Corbett, William 
Wilson, Israel Donaldson and John Henry. H. S. Fullerton, Mod.; 
James H. Dickey, T. C. 

91st— 30th. Chillicothe, April 3-5, 1832. Elders present: J. 
Poage, James Manary, J. Waddle, Samuel Patton, Joshua Robinson, 
Samuel McConnell and Garrett Snediker. Robert J. Hall, Mod.; 
H. S. Fullerton, T. C. 

92nd— 31st. Red Oak, September 25th, and 26th, 1832. Elders 
present: Archibald Hopkins, Hugh Ghormley, John Morton, Abraham 
Shepherd, Samuel C. McConnell, George McCoy, Dan Evans, David 
Murray, John Moore, William Cunningham, Caleb Smith, Duncan 
Evans, James Kirker, Robert Smith, Moses Baird, Robert Stewart and 
William Anderson. Jacob W. Eastman, Mod. ; William Graham, T. C. 

93rd— 32nd. Chillicothe, October 10th and 11th 1832. Elders 
present: Hugh Milligan, Robert Wilson, Robert Stewart, John 
McCoy and Anthony Walke. Jacob W. Eastman, Mod.; William 
Graham, T. C. 

94th— 33rd. West Union, April 2-4, 1833. Elders present; 
James Salisbury, William Ustick, George Adair, William Evans, 
Dan Evans, James Ellison, Joshua Robinson, John McClean, 
James Harper, William King, Moses Baird, Joseph McFadden, 
William Ellison and Thomas Douglass. William Gage, Mod. ; J. P. 
Vandyke, T. C. 

95th— 34th. Bloomingburgh, September 24-26, 1833. Elders 
present: Samuel Hibben, Israel Donaldson, Samuel G. More, John 
Shepherd, Elijah Allen, Boston Taylor, Philip Mc Williams, John 
Morton, John McLean, John Henry, Robert Smith, Robert Clark, 
John Swan, William Bloom, Thomas McGarraugh and Joshua 



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Robinson. Robert Rutherford, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. At this 
meetiug John P. Vandyke was elected Stated Clerk, vice S. D. Blythe* 

96th. 35th— Red Oak, April 1-4, 1834. Elders present: Archi- 
bald Hopkins, James Laughry, Isaac Evans, Win. Garrett, John D. 
Evans Aaron Wilson, John Henry, Robert Clark, John B. Mc- 
Clanahan, Wm Matthews, Wm. Keys, Nathaniel Montgomery and 
John Waddle. Gamaliel C. Beaman Mod.; James H. Dickey, T. C. 

97th, 36th. -Hillsborough, June 4, 1334. Elders present: Moses 
Stitt, James McConnell, John Morton, William Wil&on, James 
Murray, Amos Reese, John Finch, David Jolly, James McCoy, 
Garret Snediker and Isaac Collet. John Forbush, Mod.; Dyer 
Burgess, T. C. 

98th, 37th.— Union, September 17-19, 1834. Elders present: 
Wm. A. U3tick, Moses Baird, Wm. Cook, Israel Donaldson, Salmon 
Templin, John McCoy, George Adair, and Samuel Dryden. John 
McCoy, George Adair and Samuel Dryden. John McDonald, Mod.; 
John Rankin. T. C. 

99th— 38th. Red Oak, October 14th and 15th, 1834. Elders 
present: Ralph Voris, William Anderson, Thomas Kirker and 
Samuel G. Moore. Samuel Crothers, Mod.; J. H. Dickey, T. C. 

100th— 39th. Huntington, January 21st, 1835. Elders present: 
Thomas C. Poage, Thomas Kirker and Joseph McLean. Samuel 
Crothers, Mod- ; J. H. Dickey, T. C 

101st— 40th- Georgetown, April 7-9, 1835. Elders present: 
John Shepherd, Thomas Stevenson, Adam B. Wilson, Alfred Beasly, 
Robert Poage, Samuel Linn, Thomas Kirker, William Huggins, 
atnss Thompson, Israel Donaldson James Pollock and Joseph S. 
Gillespie. Samuel Steel, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke. T. C. 

102d— 41st. Washington C- H., May 13, 1835- Elders present: 
Hugh Ghormley, J. R. Strain, Anthony Walke, Thomas Stevenson, 
James McCoy and Isaac Templin- William Dickey, Mod.; William 
Gage, T. C 

103d— 42d. Salem, September 29th October 1st, 1835. Elders 
present: John Shepherd, Adam B. Wilson, Robert Steele, Dan 
Evans, Archibald B- Lewis, Andrew Hemphill, John McCoy, 
Nathan Gilbert, William Garrett, David McMaster, Moses Baird, 
James Kirker, Price Taylor and Benjamin Langhead. Jesse H. 
Lockhart, Mod.; John P. Vandyke, T. C. 

104th— 43d. Russelville, November 18th and 19th, 1835. Elders 
present: James Salisbury, Charles Porter, James Kirker, Abraham 
Pettyjohn^ Isaac Collet, Duncan Evans, James Murray, Boston 



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Taylor, Wm. Evans and Thomas McGarraugh, John Rankin Mod.; 
John P. Vandyke, T. C. 

105th— 44th. Wilmington, December 16, 1835. Elders present : 
James Pollock, Hugh Milligan and Benjamin Langhead. John 
Rankin, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

108th— 45th. Hillsborough, April 5-7, 1836. Elders present: T. 
Kirker, A. Hopkins, Moses Stitt, John Waddle, Robert Braden, 
Samuel G. Moore, George Haynes, William Keys, Joshua Robinson, 
Abraham Pettyjohn, Amos Reese, Wm King, James Murray, John 
Wilson, David Mathers, William Garrett and James Wilson. 
Wm. Dickey, Mod.; S. Crothers, T. C. 

107fch— 46th. Bainbridge, April 8, 1836. This an adjournment 
to ordain and install Mr. George G. Poage. Elders same as at 
Hillsborough, with exception of a few excused. William Dickey, 
Mod.; S. Crothers, T. C. 

108th— 47th. Greenfield, October 17th-19th, 1835. Elders 
present: Jacob Shepherd, William A. Ustick, Hugh Milligan, John 
Morton, William Garrett, Alfred Beasly, Thomas Stevenson, Thomas 
Howard, David Jolly, Isaac Collet, Joseph McLean, William 
Buckner, Abraham Pettyjohn and William John. Jacob W. East- 
man, Mod.; Samuel Steel, T. C. 

109th— 48th. Chiilieothe, October 21, 1836. An adjourned 
meeting, present as above with addition, Elders: H. B. Wilson, Israel 
Donaldson and C. Furry. Jacob W. Eastman, Mod.; S. Steel, T. C. 

110th— 49th. West Union, April 4-7, 1837, Elders present: 
William A. Ustick, J. McConnell, P. J. Buckner, A Nelson, 
Nathaniel Montgomery, John B. McLanahan, John Laughry, B. 
Taylor and J. Darlington. Dyer Burgess, Mod.; S. Crothers, T. C. 

111th— 50th. Bloomingburgh, September 12-14, 1837. Elders 
present: Daniel Hughs, Jaccb Shepherd, Hugh Lucas, Philip Mc- 
Williams, William Garrett, James Manary, James Kirker, John 
Mortoo, Joseph McFadden, Edward Francis, James Ellison, 
Richard Long, William Keys, Joseph McLean, John McCoy and 
Joseph P. Smith. Jobn P. Vandyke, Mod.; William Gage, T. C. 

112th— 51st. Red Oak, December 20bh, 1837. Elders present: 
Jacob Shepherd, William John, Charles Porter, Samuel G. Moore, 
Hugh Lucas, Duncan Evans and John Anderson. John P. Vandyke, 
Mod.; William Gage, T. C. 

113th— 52nd. Hillsborough, April 3rd and 4th, 1838. Elders 
present: Gordon Hopkins, Price Taylor, George Haynes, Hugh 
Milligan, Andrew Harvey, George Adair, Samuel Dryden, Wm. Evans, 
Isaac Collett, David Matthews, James Pollock, James H. McClinfcick, 



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Isaac Evans, Wm. Kirker, John Henry, Henry Wise, Joseph P. Smith, 
Joshua Eobinson, William Matthews. Duncan Evans, James Laugbry, 
William Ellison and Matthew Gilbert. H. S. Fulleiton, Mod.; 
Samuel Steel, T. C. 

114th— 53d. New Petersburgh, May 15, 1838. Elders present: 
William Garrett, Robert Braden, Israel Donaldson, William Ander- 
son and Adam B. Wilson. H. S. Fuller ton, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, 
T. C 

115th— 54th. Ripley, September llth-14th, 1838. Elders pres- 
ent: Jacob Shepherd, William A. Ustick, Adam B. Wilson, Wm. 
Wilson, Alfred Beasly, Aaron Wilson, William Kirker, Satei field 
Scott, Samuel Barr, William Keyes, Alexander McLean, Caleb 
Smith, William Matthews, Charles Stevenson and William Griffin. 
Joseph T. Irwin, Mod.; Samuel Steel, T. C. 

116th— 55th. Greenfield, April 2nd-3d, 1839. Elders present: 
James Menary, James McConnell, John R. Strain, James Ellison, 
Robert Braden, David Jolly, F. Ware, James Templin, Isaac Tern- 
plin, James Murray, Nathaniel Montgomery, Joshua Robinson, 
Anthony Walke and David Matthews. William Dickey, Mod.; J. P. 
Vandyke, T. C. 

117th— 56th. Salem, September 10-12, 1839. Elders present: 
James Stewart, Philip Mc Williams, Dan Evans, Hugh Lucas, Geo. 
Brown, Alexander McLean, James Pollock, Abraham Price, Samuel 
Patton, James McClung, Charles Stevenson, James McClintick, John 
Shepherd and William Garrett. James Dunlap, Mod.; S. Steel, T 
C. At this meeting names of those who had gone into Ripley Pres- 
bytery N. S. were dropped from the roll. 

118fch— 57th. Greenfield, December 10th and lith, 1839. 
Elders present: James Stewart, James McConnell, Samuel E. Hih~ 
ben, Aathony Walke, William Kirker, George Brown, Thomas 
Stevenson, Robert Robinson, Isaac Collett, Price Taylor, Israel Don- 
aldson, John Shepherd, Joseph Smith, William Garrett, Hugh 
Lucas and James McCoy. Thomas Woodrow, Mod.; S. Steel, T. C. 

119th— 58th. Hillsborough, April 7th and 8fch, 1840. Elders 
present: Joseph S. Gillespie, John R. Strain, William John, Richard 
Evans, George Brown, James McConnell, James Pollock, David 
Matthews, Jacob Shepherd, James McClintick, James Templin and 
Amos Ford. Samuel Crothers, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

120th— 59th. Greenland, June 10th and 11th, 1840. Elders 
present: William A. Ustick, W. Taylor, P. McWilliams, A. Price, J. 
McCoy, A. McLean and B. Taylor. Samuel Crothers, Mod.; S. 
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121st— 60th. Washington, September 8th and 9th, 1840. 
Elders present: Joshua Robinson, Hugh Ghorinley, Joseph Gilles- 
pie, James McClung, Samuel Linn, Anthony Walke, Robert Wilson, 
Thomas Stevenson, Joseph McLean, James Templin, Israel Donald- 
son, William Wilson, and James McClintick. John Forbush, Mod.; 
J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

122nd— 61st. New Petersburgh, November 25th, 1840. Elders 
present: James McConnell, William Garrett, Samuel E. Hibben, 
David Matthews, William Taylor, Abraham Price. John Wilson and 
Jacob Shepherd. John Forbush, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

123rd— 62nd. Concord, April 6th and 7th, 1841. Elders pres- 
ent: George Adair, Philip McVVilliams, James Ellison, Frederick 
Ware, Hugh Lucas, George Brown, Abraham Price, John McLean, 
Moses Stitt, James Pollock, John Shepherd and Nathaniel Mont- 
gomery. J. W. McCormick, Mod- ; S. Steel, T. C, 

124th— 63rd. Greenfield, September 14th and 15th, 1841. 
Elders present; Moses Stitt, Joshua Robinson, Hugh Milligan, 
William Garrett, Noah Evans, William Kirker, Daniel Hughs, 
George Brown, John McLean, Joseph W. Blair, Thomas Howard, 
John Shepherd and Joseph McLean. J. P. Vandyke, Mod.; S. 
Steel, T. C. 

125th— 64th. Pisgah, April 5th and 6th, 1842. Elders present: 
James Menary, James McConnell, Joseph H. Wlison, L. S. McClure, 
T. C. Poage, Thomas Stevenson, George Brown. Joseph McLean, 
Joseph P. Smith, John Carolus, James Wilson and Jacob Shepherd. 
Wm. Gage, Mod.; Samuel Steel, T. C. 

126th— 65th- Waverly, August 30th and 31st, 1842. Elders 
present: James Stewart, Samuel Reed, John McLean, David Jolly, 
James Ellison, Robert Stewart, Gordon Hopkins, Charles Stevenson, 
Thomas Wilson and Robert W. Garrett. Adrian Aten, Mod- ; J- P- 
Vandyke, T. C. 

127th— 66th. Hillsborough, November 24th, 1842. Elders pres- 
ent: Hugh Ghormley, Wm. Keys, James Ellison, Gordon Hopkins, 
Wm. Taylor and James A. McClintick, Adrian Aten, Mod.; J- P- 
Vandyke. T- C 

128th— 67th- West Union, April 4th and 5th, 1843. Elders 
present: Moses Stitt, George McMillen, Jacob Shepherd, Joseph 
Darlington, David Pricer, Thomas Robinson, Robert Jones, Charles 
Stevenson, Aaron Wilson and Joseph H. Wilson. Thomas Wood- 
row, Mod. ; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

129th— 68th. Wilmington, June 13th and 14th, 1843. Elders 



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present: James Stewart and Isaac Collett. S. Crothers, Mod.; H. S. 
Fullerton, T. C. 

130th— 69th. Bloomingburgh, August 29th and 30th, 1843. 
Elders present: John McCoy, 'James Menary, Hugh Ghormley, 
George Adair, Noah Evans, Gordon Hopkins, James McLung, 
Charles McCollister, George Parrett, J. W. Blair, Absalom Douglass, 
Israel Donaldson and Joseph P. Smith. Charles Danforth, Mod. ; 
Thomas Woodrow, T. C. 

131st— 70th. Belfast, April 2nd and 3rd, 1844. Elders present; 
James McConnell, James Stewart, John R. Strain, "William Keys, 
John Shepherd, Daniel John, Samuel Reed, James C. Steel, James 
Manning, Price Taylor, Joseph McLean, William Evans, Thomas E. 
Purdy and Thomas Wilson. J. W. Eastman, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, 
T. C. 

132nd— 71st, New Market, September 3rd and 4th, 1844. 
Elders present: Robert Garrett, Samuel Linn, Jacob Shepherd, 
James McGlung, Thomas Robinson, Robert Jones, Philip Mc Will- 
iams, Thomas Stevenson, James A. McClintick and John Lafabre. 
C. A. Hoyt, Mod.; J. P, Vandyke, T. C. 

133rd— 72nd. Hillsborough, December 18th, 1844. Elders pres- 
ent: James Murray, P. Mc Williams, T. E. Purdy, Price Taylor, 
Caleb Smith, George Adair, Samuel Linn, William Taylor and 
Thomas Wilson. C. A. Hoyt, Mod.; S. Steel, T. C. 

134th— 73rd. Bainbridge, April 1st and 2nd, 1845. Elders pres- 
ent: James McCoy, James Stewart, A. B. Wilson, George Adair, Sam- 
uel E. Hibben, Thomas Carothers, John Shepherd, Daniel John, Rob- 
ert Stewart, George Brown, James Wilson, Thomas Wilson, J. W. 
Blair, Thomas McGarrangh, Israel Donaldson and Aaron Wilson. 
William Burton, Mod. ; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

135th— 74th. Concord, October 7-9, 1845. Elders present, 
James Stewart, Philip McWilliams, William Wilson, Samuel Reed, 
Samuel E, Hibben, William B. Franklin, John Shepherd, James 
McClang, Alexander McLean, Satterfield Scott, Thomas E. Purdy, 
Joshua Robins jn, Joseph P. Smith, Robert Jones, James Pollock 
and Israel Donaldson. N. M. Urmstom Mod. ; S. Steel, T. C. 

136th— 75th. Chillicothe, April 6-8, 1846. Elders present: 
William Pinkerton, Robert Templeton, James B. Herron, David 
Wills, Gordon Hopkins, Daniel John, James McConnell, John Lafa- 
bre, George Adair, Thomas E. Purdy, Price Taylor, James McCoy, 
James Pollock and Israel Donaldson. Moderator's name not given, 
J. P. Vandyke, T. C. At this meeting S. Steel resigned the office of 
Treasurer and Samuel Crothers was elected in his place. 



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137th -76th. Sinking Spring, September 8-10, 1846. Elders 
present: Philip McW illiams, Jacaes Menary, Thomas Wilson, Samuel 
E. Hibben, William Kirker, Isaac Evans, Robert Coyner, John Mat- 
thews, John Morrow, Lawrence MeClure, Janies Wilson, Isaac Col- 
iett, John R. Strain and John Shepherd. William Dickey, Mod.; J 
P. Vandyke, T. C. 

138th— 77th. Rocky Spring, Nov. 24th, 1846. Elders present: 
Win. Pinkerton, A. B. Wilson, Noah Evans, Robert Wilson, Price 
Taylor, John Shepherd and William Wilson. William Dickey, Mod. ; 
J. P.Vandyke, T. C. 

139th— 78th. Rocky Spring, January 26th, 1847. Elders pres- 
ent: William A. Ustick, William Wilson, David Pricer, Robert Coyner, 
Thomas 0. Poage and Gordon Hopkins. William Dickey, Mod.; 
William Gage, T. C. 

140th— 79th. Piggah, April 6th ami 7th, 1847. Elders present: 
James Stewart, Hugh Ghormley, J. M. Johnstou, Samuel Patton, 
William Allison, George Adair, Joseph McLean, Isaac Collett, James 
McClung, J. S. Hearne and J. H. Wilson. William Dickey, Mod.; 
William Gage, T. C. 

141st— 80th. Red Oak, September 7th and 8th, 1847. Elders 
preseot: William A. Ustick, Robert Templeton, John R. Strain, John 
II Black, Samuel Patton, Jacob Shepherd, William Kirker, Robert 
Stewart, James Maimon, William B. Cooper, Israel Donaldson 
Aaron Wilson and Newton Murphy. J. A. I. Lowes, Mod.; J. P. 
Vandyke, T. C. 

142nd— 81st. South Salem, April 4th and 5th, 1848. Elders 
preseat: Phiiip McWilliams, William A. Ustick, Noah Evans, Anthony 
Walke, Gordon Hopkins, James McClung, Israel Donaldson, George 
Parrett, Price Taylor, James McConnell, Thomas F. Purdy, George 
M. Dixon, Caleb Smith, Joseph H. Wilson, James Pollock, George 
Adair, Joshua Robinson and Abraham Price. Samuel J. Miller, Mod. ; 
J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

143rd— 82nd. Hillsborough, September 6th and 7th, 1848. Eld- 
ers present: James Menary. Thomas Carothers, Robert Templeton, 
William Wilson, Thomas Barry, Gordon Hopkins, John Potter, Geo 
Ware, George Parrett, James Pollock, J. W. Blair, Samuel Cromwell 
Thomas F. Purdy, Joseph Smith. Israel Donaldson, James Wilson, 
Isaac Kibler and J. W. Steene. E. Grand Girard, Mod.; J. P. Van- 
dyke, T. C. 

144th— 83rd. Greeutield, April 3rd and 4th, 1849. Elders pres- 
ent, William A. Ustick, A. B. Wilson, Thomas Barry, William John 
Satteriield Scott. Joseph Harper. John Hunter, J. W. Steene 



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William Wilson. Joseph Wilson, James Wilson, Anthony Walke, 
and Thomas Wilson. William C. Kniffen, Mod: J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

145th— 84th. Chillicothe, May 8, 1849. Elders present: Israel 
Donaldson, Robert Stewart. Anthony Walke, Samuel Reid and 
James Pollock. William C. Kniffen, Mod. ; William Gage, T. C. 

146th— 85th Washington, June 5, 1849. Elders present: James 
Menary, A. B. Wilson, Joseph Harper and James Pollock. William 
C. Kniffen, Mod.; William Gage, T. C. 

147th— 86th, Washington, July 3, 1849. Elders present: Milton 
Diinlap, James Menary and James Wilson. J. A. I. Lowes, Mod. ; 
Wm. Gage, T. C, 

148th— 87th. Eckraansville, September 4th and 5fch, 1849. Eld- 
ers present: William A. Ustick, George Adair, Noah Amen, John 
Shepherd, William Kirker, Thomas W 7 ilson, W 7 illiam Fulton, Samuel 
Cromwell, William Allison, Israel Donaldson, Newton Murphy and 
William Sharp. James G. Hopkins, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

149th— 88fch. Sinking Spring, November 1, 1849. Elders pres- 
ent: Joseph Harper, Philip McWilliams, Newton Murphy, Thomas 
Wilson and Noah Aman. James G. Hopkius, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, 
T.C. 

150th— 89th. Bloomingburg, April 2nd and 3rd. 1850. Elders 
present: James Stewart, R. Templeton, D. Limbeck, S. Reed, S. E 
Hibben, S. Bacon, Gordon Hopkins, D. John, Robert Stewart, Satter- 
field Scott, J. Pollock, John Morrow, Price Taylor, James Wilson 
and Aaron F. Steene. Irwin C arson, Mod. ; S. Steel, T. C. 

151st— 90th. South Salem, April 23, 1850. Elders present: 
George Brown, P. McWilliams, Robert Stewart and John Anderson. 
Irwin Carson, Mod.; William Gage, T. C. 

152nd— 91st. Piketon, June 4th, 1850. Elder present: O. J. 
Phelps. Irwin Carson, Mod.; W T illiam Gage, T. C. 

153rd— 92nd. Cynthiana, September 3rd and 4th, 1850. Elders 
present: William Pinkerton, George Adair, John Anderson, Samuel 
Patton, John Finley, John Potter, Robert Stewart, James Wallace, 
Eliphaz Taylor, Sanford Williams, J. W. Blair, Thomas Purdy, John 
Matthews. John Anderson, James Wilson, Aaron F. Steen, Terah 
Templin and Samuel Cromwell. Wm. P. Eastman, Mod. ; J. P. Van- 
dyke, T. C. 

154th— 93rd, Manchester, April 1st and 2nd, 1851. Elders 
present: William Kirker, A. F. Steen, James Gilliland, N. Murphy, 
Samuel Cromwell, Thomas F. Purdy, John Anderson and Thomas 
Larrimer. James Huston, Mod. ; S. Steel, T. C. 

155th— 9#h. Union. September 2nd and 3rd. 1851- Elders 



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present: Thomas Larrimer, Adam B. WilsoD, William John, San ford 
Williams, George Parrett, James McConnell, James Wilson, James 
McCoy, Gordon Hopkins, Samuel Patton Joseph Wilson, Thomas 
F. Purdy, John H. Walker, James Scott, Noah Evans, Abraham 
Price and A. Johnson. N. M. XJrmston, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

156th— 95th. Marshall, April 6th and 7th, 1852. Elders present : 
Joshua Robinson. William Pinkerton, George Adair, J. B. Black, 
David Pricer, Thomas E. Purdy, Aaron W. Seymour, James Wilson, 
John Campbell and Terah Templin. R. W. Wilson, Mod.; J. P. 
Vandyke, T. C. 

157th— 96th. Red Oak, May 4th and 5th, 1852. Elders present: 
James McClung, James McClintick and John Anderson. R. W. 
Wilson, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

158th— 97th. Bainbridge, June 1st, 1852. Elders present: 
James Stewart, Noah Evans, Joseph Harper, J. A. Wallace, A. W. 
Seymour, N. Murphy, W. B. Cooper and Thomas Rogers. R. W. 
Wilson, Mod.; H. S. Fullerton, T. C. 

159th— 98th. Bloomingburgh, September 7th and 8th, 1852. 
Elders present: Joseph B. Smith, James Menary, Philip McWilliams, 
Gordon Hopkins, Alexander McLean, Eliphaz Taylor, Thomas F. 
Purdy, Alexander Brown, Newton Murphy, Aaron F. Steen, Daniel 
John and Thomas Robinson. James Dunlap, Mod.; John P. Van- 
dyke, T. C. 

160th— 99th. Greenfield, April 5th and 6th, 1853. Elders 
present: Joshua Robinson, Thomas Larrimer, Wm. Pinkerton, M. 
Dunlap, Thomas Rodgers, S. E. Hibben, Thomas Carothers, James 
Gilliland, J. Potter, Joseph Harper, James C. Steel, Sanford Williams, 
J. W. Blair, William B. Cooper, Price Taylor, James Templin, James 
Wilson, John Campbell, James McClung, A. Johnson, James N. 
Wilson and Thomas Hawes. Sylvanus Jewett, Mod.; J. P. Van- 
dyke, T. C. 

161st— 100th. New Market, September 6th and 7th, 1853. 
Elders present: James Stewart, Moses Stitt, John M. Johnston, 
William Kirker, David Pricer, Sanford Williams, J . W. Blair, William 
Laughead, Aaron W. Seymour, John Clark, James Wilson, Azur 
Young, John Scott, Thomas F. Purdy, Daniel John and George 
Euvrard. E. Grand Girard, Mod.; J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

162nd— 101st. Hillsborough, April 4th and 5th, 1854. Elders 
present: William Pinkerton, Moses Stitt, A. R. Wilson, Thomas 
Barry, John Shepherd, James S. Wilson, S. Williams, Isaac Evans, 
Henry D. Ritter, Samuel Patton, William John, John Walker, William 



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Kirker, Jaines McClintick and Price Taylor. H. S. Fullerton, Mod. ; 
J. P. Vandyke, T. C. 

163rd— 102nd. Salem, Sep. 5th and 6th, 1854, Elders present: 
W. K. McCoy, James Menary, William Ustick^ Philip Mc Williams, 
Noah Amen, Elijah Hopkins, George Ware, James Steel, James Allen, 
Thomas Wilson, Thomas E. Purdy, James Templin, John Anderson, 
and James Wilson. Nathaniel Williams, Mod.; R. W. Wilson, T. C. 
At this meeting Dr. Steel was elected Stated Clerk vice J. P< Van- 
dyke, resigned. 

164th— 103rd. Chillicothe, April 17th and 18th, 1855. Elder© 
present: Joshua Robinson, James Stewart, Thomas Larrimer, Sam'l 
E. Hibben, David Wills, James Allen, John Morrow, Alexander 
Brown, John Clark, James Wilson, Adam B. "Wilson, John Walker, 
James A. Wallace, Thomas Hawes, R. C. Galbraith, Sen., Daniel John 
and Shepherd Dunlap. S. P. Dunham, Mod. ; E. Grand Girard T. C, 

165th -^104th . Bloomingburgh, J une 5th, 1855. Elders present, 
James Manary, William Piukerton, Hugh Bell, Joseph Harper,Thomas 
Rogers, James Allen and Robert Templeton. S. P. Dunham, Mod.; 
R. W. Wilson, T. C. 

166th— 105th. Rocky Spring, Sept. 4th and 5th, 1855. Elders 
present: William Pinkerton, William A. Ustick, Adam B. Wilson, 
Andrew Johnston, J. M. Johnston, Shepherd Dunlap, Adam Nebber- 
gall, Satterfield Scott, James Allen, Thomas F. Purdy, J. M. Wilson, 
Daniel John, James Scott, Aaron Steen and Sanford Williams. 
William C. Anderson, D. D., Mod.; R. W. Wilson, T. C. 

167th— 106th. Chillicothe, September 28th, 1855. Elders pres- 
ent: James A. Wallace, James Allen, P. Mc Williams, S. Dunlap, Price 
Taylor, S. E. Hibben, T. F. Purdy and Thomas Rogers. S. P. 
Dunham, Mod. ; S. Steel, 

168th— 107th. Greenfield, April 15th and 16th, 1856. Elders 
present: Hugh Bell, Moses Stitt, Adam B. Wilson, A. M. Strain, S. E. 
Hibben, William B. Franklin, S. Kincaid, R C. Galbraith, Sen., 
Joseph Harper, George Parrett, J. N. Wilson, Thomas Wilson, 
Alexander Brown, J. G. Junkin. James Wilson and Andrew John- 
ston. J. A. I. Lowes. Mod.; R. W. Wilson, T. C. 

169th— 108th. Pisgah, June 3d and 4th 1856. Elders present: 
William Pinkerton, Robert Templeton, Isaac Evans, R. C. Galbraith. 
Sen., Robinson Smith, Thomas Rogers and Noah Amen. J. A. I. 
Lowes, Mod ; R, W. W 7 ilson, T. C. 

170th— 109th, Bloomingburgh, September 2nd and 3d., 1856. 
Elders presents G. W. Anderson, Moses Stitt, William Ubiick, Wil- 
liam Cowman., Noah l/vans, David Wills, Scott Kincaid, Joseph 



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McLean, William Thomas, David Pricer, James Allen, T. G. Hawes, 
John Morrow, Price Taylor, John Clark, John Anderson, James 
Wilson and Thomas Robinson. R. L. Stanton, D. D., Mod.; A. K. 
Naylor, T. C. 

171st— 110th. Bainbridge, April 21st and 22nd, 1857. Elders 
present: Hugh Bell, William A. Ustick, D. E. Boies, Albert Adams, 
George Adair, Joseph Kibler, David Wills, R. C. Galbraith, sen., 
Joseph Harper, R. Wilson, James Allen, T. Wilson, J. McClintick, 
Price Taylor, John Clark, J. N. Kirker, James Wilson, J. Porter, J. 
Gibbony and Noah Amen. A. R. Naylor, Mod.; R. L. Stanton T. C. 

172d— 111th. Marshall, September 1st and 2nd, 1857. Elders 
present: W. McCoy, James Stitt, J. W. Devoss, J. N. Walker, J. D. 
Black, George Ware, Adam Nebbergall, D. Pricer, James Allen, T. F. 
Purdy, Alexander Brown, John Anderson, James N. Wilson, A. F. 
Steen, Fred Druhot, Daniel John, Andrew Johnston, James Scott 
and Samuel Culbertson. J. Wiseman, Mod. ; R. W. Wilson, T. C. 

173d— 112th. Hamilton, October 1, 1857. Elders present not 
reported; this was meeting during sessions of Synod. John Wise- 
man, Mod.; R. W. Wilson, T. C. 

174th— 113th. Washington, C. H., April 6th and 7th, 1858. 
Elders present: James Stewart, Joshua Robinson, Robert Templeton, 
Thomas Rogers, Noah Evans, David Wills. George Snediker, R. C. 
Galbraith, Sen., R. Smith, Alexander McLean, James Allen, James 
N. Wilson, S. Cromwell, John Morrow, A. W. Seymour, J. G. Junkin, 
Robert Story, William John, Peter Eckley, Noah Amen and William 
L. Blair. Samuel Steel, Mod. ; R. W. Wilson, T. C. 

175th— 114th. Mount Leigh, September 7th and 8th, 1858. 
Elders present: William Pinkerton, J. Wilson, S. E. Hibben, J. Wal- 
lace, William B. Franklin, R. Kerr, Hugh Bell, J. W. Blair, G. Eav- 
rard, D, John, J. N. Kirker. J. Campbell, J. Scott, Isaac Kibler, 
Joshua Robinson, Peter Eckley and William Storer. Job Brough- 
ton, Mod.; R. W. Wilson, T. C. 

176th— 115th. South Salem, April 8th, 9th and 11th, 1859. 
Elders present: Hugh Bell, David E. Boies, John S. Murray, 
Thomas Barry, Samuel Patton, Adam Kelly, William Thomas, James 
A. Wallace, James N. Wilson, Daniel Shoemaker, John Morrow, 
Alexander Brown, John Clark, Robert Story, James H. W T ilson, 
Frederick Druhot, Johnson Shepherd and Peter Eckley. Wm. P. 
Eastman, Mod; Samuel Hibben, T. C. This meeting was on Friday 
Saturday and Monday 

177fch— 116th. Greenfield, June 1st and 2nd, 1859. Elders, 
present Joseph Harper, Hugh Bell, P. McWilliams, Thomas 



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Rogers, William Pinkerton, James A. SVallace, James Allen, Joseph 
McLean and Alexander Brown. Win. P. Eastman, Mod; A. R. 
Naylor, T. C. 

178th— 117th. South Salem, June 28, 1859. Elders present: 
Thomas Rogers, William Pinkerton, William Thomas, J. M. Gilles- 
pie and James A. Wallace. Wm. P. Eastman, Mod.; R. W. Wilson, 
T. C. 

179th— 118th. West Union, September 6th and 7th, 1859. Elders 
present: Alexander McLean, Wm. Pinkerton, Hugh Bell, George 
Snediker, J. Porter, J. Scott, J. Wilson, J. Anderson, J. Walker, F. 
Druhot and S. Culbertson. McKnight Williamson, Mod.; A. R. 
Naylor, T. C. 

180th— 119th. Hillsborough, September 29th, 1859. Elders 
present: P. McW T illiams, D. Pricer, Wm. Thomas, Daniel John, James 
Gibony, Alexander Brown, Fred Druhot, Scott Kinkaid, and Eli 
Templin. McKnight Wiliamson, Mod.; A. R. Naylor, T. C. 

181st— 120th. Mowrytown, December 6th and 7th, 1859. Elders 
present: J. M. Johnston, Adam Kelly, Fred. Druhot and Samuel B. 
Long. S. Steel, Mod.;E. Grand Girard, T. C- 

182nd— 121st. Marshall, April 10th-12th, 1860. Elders present: 
D. Pricer, Price Taylor, Joseph Bryan, Joshua Robinson, H. 0. 
Stewart, Robert Kerr, Eli Templin, Samuel Waddell, James Wilson, 
Johnson Shepherd, Wm. Dinsmore, Thomas Wilson, John Morrow, 
Albert Adams, Frederick Druhot and Peter Eckley. Wm. Gage, 
Mod.; J. A. I. Lowes, T.C. 

183d— 122nd. South Salem, May 1st and 2nd, I860. Elders 
present : Hugh Bell, Joseph Pinkerton, J . W. Devoss, George Adair, 
S. E. Hibben, Joseph McLean, Wm. Thomas, George Parrett, Peter 
Eckley and Alexander McCoy. Wm. Gage, Mod.; J. A. I. Lowes 
T. C. 

184th— 123d. Red Oak, August 28th and 29th, 1860. Elders 
present; S. E. Hibben, R- C. Galbraith, sen., Thomas Steel, Wm. 
Pinkerton, Hugh Bell, Scott Kincaid, E. Cleveland, Fred. Druhot 
John Potter, Wm. John, Peter Eckley, James Scott and J. N. 
Kirker. S. J. Miller, Mod.; J. A. I, Lowes, T. C. 

185th— 124th Sidney, September 27th and 28th, 1860. Eld- 
ers present: James Allen, James A. Wallace and D. E. Boies. 
S- J. Miller, Mod. ; J- A. I. Lowes, T. C 

186th— 125th. Mowrytown, November 14th, 1860. Elders 
present: Fred. Druhot and S. B. Long. Samuel Steel, Mod.; R. L. 
Stanton, T- C- 

187th— 126th. Greenfield, April 2nd-4th, 1861. Elders present: 



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Noah Evans, P. Mc Williams, James Allen, Robert Wilson, R. C- 
Galbraith, sen-, Wm. B- Franklin, J. M- Pinkerton, Adam Nebergall, 
J- P- Smith, John Morrow, M. Steen, Thomas Rogers, Noah Amen 
and Peter Eckley, John Caldwell, Mod- ; J. A- I Lowes, T, C. 

188th— 127th- South Salem, April 30th and May 1st, 1861- Eiders 
present: J- N- Wilson, J- A. Wallace, George Ware, Wm- B- Franklin 
James Stitt, Wm. Thomas, Hugh Bell, James Wilson, sen-, Wm. 
Storer, Alexander Brown and Peter Eckley. S. J. Miller, Mod- ; J. A- 
I. Lowes, T. C. 

189th—128th. Union, August 27th and 28th, 1861. Elders 
present: S. E. Hibben, J . W. Devoss, James A. Wallace, W. A. Ander- 
son, Price Taylor, Thomas Steel, Alexander Menary, Wm. Thomas, 
James Templin, Joseph Smith, Peter McKee, Eli Templin, Alexander 
McCoy and H. Darlington. N- S, Smith, Mod.; J. A. I. Lowes, T. 0- 

190th— 129th. Greenfield, September 10th, 186L Elders pres- 
ent: J. R. Black, Robert Wilson, George Ware, Wm- Thomas, Peter 
Eckley, Wm- Pinkerton, Joshua Robinson, John Walker and J. W- 
Devoss. N. S. Smith. Mod.-, J. A. I. Lowes, T. C. 

191st— 130th. Oxford, October 18th, 1861. Elders present: Wm. B. 
Franklin, Adam Kelly, and Moses Stitt. S. Steel, Mod.; R. L. Stan- 
ton. T. C. 

192d— 131st. Hillsborough, April 1st and 2nd, 1862. Elders 
present: Thomas Barry, Albert Adams, Levi Pricer, Aaron W, Sey- 
mour, Robert R, Kerr, Joshua Robinson, John Morrow, Thomas 
Robinson, James Gibbony, Wm. Cowman, Robert Story and Peter 
Eckley. John Wiseman, Mod.; J. A. L Lowes, T. C. 

193d— 132d. Greenfield, May 8th, 1862. Elder present: P. Mc 
Williams. John Wiseman, Mod,: J. A. I. Lowes, T, C. 

194th— 133d. Winchester, June 4th, 1862. Elders present: 
Hugh Bell, Thomas Rogers, John W. Devoss, A. J. Rea, J. W. Blair, 
J. W. Steen, and Daniel John. John Wiseman Mod.; R, L. Stanton, 
T, C. 

195th— 134th. Pisgah, August 26th and 2/th, 1862. Elders 
present: John B. Black, Philip Mc Williams, Joseph Bryan, Isaac 
Evans, George Ware, Thomas Steel, William Pinkerton, Adam 
Nebbergall, Hugh Bell, Daniel Clifton, William L. Blair, Thomas 
Rogers, J. N Kirker, William John, William Dinsmore, Alexander 
McCoy, Thomas Wilson, Eli Templin, John Morrow, Alexander 
Brown and Thomas Hawes, R. L. Stanton, Mod, J. A. I. Lowes, 
T. C. At this meeting J. A. I. Lowes elected Stated Clerk vice R.L. 
Stanton resigned. 

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present: S. E. Hibben, R. Templeton, D. Pricer, G. Ware, A. Brown, 
W. B. Franklin, D. E. Boies, William Thomas, Hugh Bell, John 
Clark, J. H. Walker, Noah Amen, & Laird and A. E . Steen. S. D. 
Crothers, Mod.; R. W. Wilson, T C. 

197th— 136th. Washington, C, H., September 1st, and 2nd, 1863. 
Elders present : Thomas Barry, Albert Adams, James Allen, James 
A. Wallace, Joseph McLean, Samuel Waddel, Hugh C. Stewart, 
Adam Nebbergail, Joshua Robinson, Adam Kelly, Thomas Steel 
and Daniel Clifton. • S. P. Danham, Mod.; J. D. Crothers, T. C. 

198th— 137th. Pisgah, September 17th, 1863. Elders present: 
Edward Irwin, George Ware and Joseph Harper. S. P. Dun- 
ham, Mod.; S. D. Crothers, T. C. 

199th— 138th. South Salem, December 23rd, 1863. Elders 
present: William Pinkerton, Hugh Bell, William Thomas, Jamt s 
A, Wallace, John Murray, John Potter and Alexander Brown. S. P. 
Danham, Mod.; S. D. Crothers, T.'C. 

200th— 139th. Hillsborough, April 5-7, 1864. Elders present: 
J. Johnson, Albert Adams, Joseph McLean, Price Taylor, H. 0. 
Stewart, William Thomas, Hugh Bell, G. Snedeker, John Potter, 
J. EL Walker, Eli Templin, J. H. Gibbony, H. H. Darlington and 
W. H. Dinsmore. W. G. Hillman, Mod.; R. C- Galbraith, jr., T. 0 
201—140. Eckmansville, November 10th and 11th, 1864, Elders 
present: James Gibbony, John Potter and H. Darlington- William 
Coleman, Mod.; John Barrett, T- C. 

202nd— 141st. Greenfield, June 8th, 1864. Elders present: 
George Ware, J . W- Devoss, Eli Templin, Joseph Harper and Sam'l 
Waddel. S. J. Miller, Mod.; R. C. Galbraith, Jr., T. G. 

203rd— 142nd. Manchester, August 30th and 31st, 1864. Elders 
present: David Pricer, W. H. Anderson, W. B. Franklin, J. W- Blair, 
A. F- Steen, Peter McKee, Robert Story, William John, Andrew Eea 
and John Morrow. N- M. Urmston, Mod.; Eben Muse, T. C. 

204th— 143rd. Springfield, October 21st, 1864. Elders present: 
Hi.gh Bell, William Pinkerton, Samuel Waddell and Albert Adams. 
N. M. Urmston, Mod.; Eben Muse, T. C. 

205th— 144th. South Salem, April 9th and 10th, 1864, Eiders 
present: James A. Wallace, Robert Kerr, P. Mc Williams and Hugh 
Bell, S. J. Miller, Mod,; R. W. Wilson, T. C. 

206th— 145th. Rocky Spring, April 4th and 5th, 1865. Elders 
prosent: S. E. Hibben, R. Templeton, J. A. W r all ace, Joshua Rob- 
inson, J: H. Walker and A. Hurst. John Barrett, Mod.; R. C. Gal- 
braith, Jr., T. C. 

207th— 146th. South Salem, June 6th, 1865. Elders present: 

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Thomas Rogers, George Ware, William Thomas, Isaac Evans 
ami Joshua Robinson. John Barrett, Mod.; R. C. Galbraith Jr. 
T. C. 

208th— 147th. Bloomingburgh, August 29th and 30th, 1865. 
Elders present: Noah Evans, J. N. Wilson, Price Taylor, Thomas 
Rogers, John Morrow, William Pinkerton, Hugh Bell, Robert Mc- 
Pherson, S. F. McCoy, William Anderson, Albert Adams, Adam 
Nebbergall, James A. Wallace and Alexander . McCoy. McKnight 
Williamson, Mod.; R. C, Galbraith, Jr., T. C. 

209th— 148th. Cincinnati, October 21st, 1865. Elders present: 
James A. Wallace, Price Taylor, S. F. McCoy, Hugh Bell, S. Laird, 
R. R. Kerr, W. L. Ghormley, D. E. Boies and S. Kinkaid. Mc- 
Knight Williamson, Mod. ; John Barrett, T. C. 

210th— 149th. Chillicothe, April 3-5, 1866. Elders present: 
J. M. Johnson, J. W. Devoss, David Pricer, Joseph McLean, Price 
Taylor, Daniel Dustman, A. Menary, Wm. Thoma3, Hugh Bell, A- 
Kelley, John Morrow, J. H. Wilson, Eli Templin and James Scott. 
E.Grand Girard, Mod. ; R. C. Galbraith, Jr., T. C. 

211th— 150th. South Salem, May 15, 1866. Elders present: 
Aaron W. Seymour, Hugh Bell, Dan. Dustman, Albert Adams, David 
Pricer and Erskine Boies. JohD Barrett. Mod.; R- C- Galbraith, Jr., 
T. C 

212th— 151st. Red Oak, August 28th and 29th., 1866. Elders 
present: Noah Evans, Samuel Waddel, Hugh Bell, Scott Kinkaid, 
P. McKee, E. C. Irwin, Wm. Pinkerton, Frederick Druhot, A. W. 
Young, J . H. Gibbony, Abraham Hurst, and Theo. Williams- A. H. 
Young, Mod.; Wm- Coleman, T. C; 

213th— 152nd . Xenia, October 19th and 20th, 1866 . Elders pres- 
ent: S. E. Hibben, James A. Wallace, Alexander Menary, Robert 
Templeton and Price Taylor. A. H. Y r oung, Mod. ; H- W. Biggs, 
T. C. 

214th— 153rd. Greenfield, April 2nd and 3d, 1867. Elders 
present: J. M. Johnston, Philip Mc Williams, J. N- Wilson, David 
Pricer, George Ware, Alexander Brown, J. R. Allston, Joseph Har- 
per, W. K McCoy, J. H. Walker, Eli Templin, H. H- Darlington, 
Abraham Hurst, J Kirchenschlager and William Morrow. H. W. 
Biggs, Mod.; John Barrett, T. C. 

215th— 154th. Washington, June 11, 1867. Elders present: 
R. Templeton, Joseph Bryan, Wm. Pinkerton, Joshua Robinson and 
Thomas Rogers. John Barrett, Mod.; R, C. Galbraith, Jr., T. C. 

216th— 155th. Winchester, August 27th and 28th, 1867. Elders 
present: S. E. Hibben, Samuel Stewart, I. C, Vandeman, Levi 



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Pricer, Thomas Steel, Hugh Bell, Adam Kelly, George Euvrard, 
A, W. Young, James McMasfcer, Eli Templin, Peter McKee, J. A. 
Kirker, Samuel Laird, W. H. Dinsmore, A. Hurst, S- B. Long, 
J. Kirchenschlager and John Steel. E. Galbraith, Jr., Mod.; A. H 
Young. T. C. 

217th— 156th. Hillsborough, April 7th and 8th, 1868. Elders 
present: J. M. Johnston, Aaron Seymour, Theophilus Williams, 
Alexander Menary, J. F. Murray, William Thomas, S. J. Parrett, 
Hugh Bell, Joshua Broughton, James McPherson, Frederick Drnhot, 
J. Y. Steen, W. B. Gilbert, James Scott, Abraham Hurst, J. R. AU- 
ston, James Steel and John Hunter. ' Edward Cooper, Mod.; H. W. 
Biggs, T. C. 

218th— 157th. Concord, September 1st and 2nd, 1868. Elders 
present: S. E. Hibben, J. W- Devoss, James A. Wallace, Joseph Mc 
Lean, Alexander Brown, S. F. McCoy, D. E. Boies, Wm. Thomas, 
Hugh Bell, Edward Kelly, Allen Strain, Campbell Dick, Alexander 
McCoy and John Steel. George Carpenter, Mod. ; H. W. Biggs, 
T. C. 

219fch— 158th. Chillicothe, October 16, 1868. Elders present; 
S. E. Hibben, Price Taylor, Thomas Kogers, Alexander Menary,, 
Wm. B. Franklin, I- C- Vandeman, W. L. Ghormley, Robert R. Kerr 
David Priaer, Moses Stitt, John Steel, George Snedeker and Joseph 
McLean. George Carpenter, Mod. ; H. W. Biggs, T. C. 

220th— 159th. South Salem, April 13th and 14, 1869. Elders 
present: Thomas Barry, Albert Adams, Joseph Parrett, James A. 
Wallace. Joseph McLean, Alexander Brown, John R. Allston, Wil- 
liam Pinkerton, William Thomas, Joshua Broughton, John Hopkins, 
William John, Conrad Lehning and John Steel. John E. Carson, 
Mod. ; H. W. Biggs, T. C. 

221st— 160th. Concord, May 11, 1869. Elders present: John 
R. Allston, James Steel, Moses Stitt, George War® and Thomas 
Ghormley. George Carpenter, Mod. ; H. W. Biggs, T- C. 

222nc— 161st. Bainbricge, August 31, September 1, 1869- 
Elders piesent: Noah Evans. W T . L- Ghormley, Wm- Robinson, 
James A- Wallace, Price Taylor, S. F. McCoy, H. C. Stewart, John 
Steel, Frsd Richard, William Purdy, B. F. Doak, James H. Wilson, 
Elih emplin, Thomas Gor nley, Benjamin Chestnut, J. W. Baird 
and Thomas Wilson. Wm. H. Preetley, Mod,; S. F. McCoy, T. C. 

223d— 162nd. Hamilton. During Synod, October 22 and 25, 1869. 
Elders present: J. M.Johnston, H. C. Stewart, Adam Nebbergall, J, 
S. Murray and S. J. Parrett. Win. H. Prestley, Mod.; H. W. Biggs, 
T. C. 



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224th— 163rd. Chillicothe, Third Church, April 5th and 6th 
1870. Elders present: S. E- Hibben, J. W- Devoss, I. 0. Vandemm, 
William McCoy, T W. Williams, Samuel Laird, James A. Wallace, 
Alexander Biown, S, F- McCoy, James Stitt, William Thomas, W H. 
Dinsmore, Abraham Hurst, Thomas Ghormley, Rutherford Collier 
and Joshua Broughton, R. R, Campbell, Mod.; John Woods, T, C. 

225th— 164nd. Washington, C. EL, August 30th and 31st, 1870, 
Elders present: Price Taylor, John McNichol, James Hunter, James 
Barrett, Joseph McLean, Peter Platter, A. M. Blaine, Adam Neber- 
gall, James Steel, Levi Pricer, Wjn. Pinkerton, John B. Black, Wm. . 
Burfceushaw, D. A. Lamb, \Viiliam Ross, Joshua Broughton, Rol ert 
R. Templefcon and Thomas Fletcber. Wm. J. McSurely, Mod.; 
John Woods, T. C. 

226fch— 165rd. Cincinnati, Oct 21st, 1870. Elders present: S. 
F. McCoy, J. W. Devoss, Rutherford Collier, M. T. Nelson, Thomas 
Rogers, H C. Stewart, James A. Wallace, D. C. Anderson, John 
Miller and Dr. Shannon. W. J. McSurely, Mod.: John Woods, T. C. 

227th— 166th. Greenfield, November 1st, 1870. Elders present: 
S. F. McCoy, R. W. Shannon, D. C. Anderson, Alexander Watt and 
John W r . Devoss. William H. Prestley, Mod.; John Woods, T- C. 

228th— 167th. Greenfield, February 28th, 1871. Elders pres- 
ent: W r illiam Thomas, Alfred L. Wilson, Philip McWilliams und 
Rutherford Collier. W.J. McSurely, Mod.; R. C. Galbraith, Jr., 
T. C. 

229th— 168th, Frankfort, April 11th and 12th, 1871. Elders 
present: Thomas Barry, D. A. Lamb, Enos Wilson, William Devlin, 
Eli Templin, Hugh Bell, J. T. McLean, Peter Platter, Albert Adims, 
A. M.Blain, Adam Nebbergall, James Stitt, William K. McCoy, S. R. 
Parrett, Joshua Broughton, J. D. Matthews, J. D. Mundell, William 
Burtenshaw, C. S. Hawk 'and Aaron Seymour. Warren Taylor, 
Mod. ; Robert N. Adams, T. C . 

230th— 169th. Chillicothe, July 11th, 1871- Elders present S. 
E. Hibben, Price Taylor, Joseph McLean, Thomas Ghormley, A. M. 
BlaiDe, William Ross, William Thomas, William K. McCoy, David 
Pricer and Joshua Broughton . William J. McSurely, Mod. ; Hebei 
Gill, T. C. 

231st— 170th. Washington C. H., August 1st, 1871. Elders 
presen: William Robins, S. F. McCoy, A. M. Blaine, George Harper, 
William Pinkerton, Joshua Broughton and D. C. Anderson. R. K 
Campbell, Mod.; S. F. McCoy, T. C. 

232nd— 171st. Greenfield, September 12th and 13ih, 1871. 
Elders present; S, E. Hibben, Alexander Brown, D. A, Lamb, Abra- 



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ham Hurst, J. H. Wilson, James McClintock, R. E. Moorehouse, 
Philip Mo Williams, A. Strain, S. F. McCoy, William Thomas, 
William Pinkerton, John Steel, A- L. Wilson, John Clark, John 
Sturgeon, H. Bradley, George Ware and Fred Druhot. S. J- Miller, 
Mod.; Norman Jones, T, C. 

233rd— 172nd. Springfield, Second Church, October 20th, 1871. 
Elders present: Rutherfoid Collier, John Steel, I. C. Vandeman, 
Hugh Bell, William Thomas, S. J. Parrett and S. E. Hibben. W. J- 
McSurely, Mod.; John Woods, T. C. 

234th— 173rd. Greenfield, November 14th, 1871. Elders pres- 
ent: William L. Ghormley, Rutherford Collier, William Pinkerton, 
John Steel, Hugh Bell, Alfred L. Wilson and Adam Nebbergall. W. 
J. McSurely, Mod.; W. H. Prestley, T. C. 

235th— 174th. Chillicothe, February 6th, 1872. Elders pres- 
ent: Hugh Bell, Thomas Ghormley, S. J- Parrett, William Thomas, 
John Steel and Moses Stitt. R. K Campbell, Mod,; John Barrett, 
T. C 

236th— 175th- South Salem, April 9th and 10th, 1872. Elders 
present: Charles Wilson, David A. Lamb, Alexander Brown, I. C. 
Vandeman, Hugh Bell, J. T- Bonner, R. R. Templeton, J. W- Baird, 
Adam Nebbergall, Thomas Larrimer, James Steel, David Pricer, 
Samuel Frederick, William Ross, Joshua Broughton, William Bur- 
tenshaw, Enos Wilson, Joseph McLean and Fred Druhot. A- B. 
Brice. Mod; John Barrett, T. C, 

237th— 176th. Hamden, September 10th and 11th, 1872 . Elders 
present; J. Hurst, Fred Druhot, Hugh Bell, Thomas Ghormley, A. 
Strain, D. E. Boies, John Steel, William Bartlett, William Ross, W. 
Burtenshaw and Thomas Miller. John Woods, Mod.; George Car- 
penter, T. C. 

238th— 177. Mowrytown, October 17th, 1872, Elders present: 
Fred Druhot, Wm. Purdy, S. F. McCoy and J. W. Baird. A. B. 
Brice, Mod.; John Barrett, T. C 

239th— 178th. Hillsborough, October 18th, 19th and 20th, 1872. 
Elders not given. This was meeting held during the sessions of 
Synod- John Woods, Mod- ; John Barrett, T. C. 

240th— 179fch. Greenfield, April 8-10, 1873. Elders present: 
John H. Walker, John S. Murray, William Purdy, L C. Vandeman, 
J. B. Black, William PinkertoD, Joseph Harper, John Steel, Camp- 
bell Dick, Alexander Brown, Joseph McLean, Joseph Druhot, D. C. 
Anderson, D. A. Lamb, William Burtenshaw, J. C. Stewart, Joseph 
W. McCague, John D. Mundell and A. E. Culter. R. C. Galbraith, 
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241st— 180th. Bainbridge, September 9th and lOtb, 1873. 
Elders present: M. T. Nelson, Price Taylor, Jonathan Jennings, 
George Russell, Hugh Bell, Robert Temple- on, J. W. Baird, R. B. 
Kerr, D. E. Boies, James Steel, James J A. Wallace, William Hays, 
Robert McNichol, John Sturgeon, J. D. Mimdell, Abel Kent, John 
Miller and Campbell Dick. Heber Gill, Mod.; S. D. Smith, T. C. 

242nd— 181st. Portsmouth, October 17th, 1873. Elders pres- 
ent: William Ross, David Pricer, Fred Druhot, Hugh Bell and 
William Pinkerton. R. G. Galbraith, Mod.; A. B. Brice, T. C. 

243rd— 182 ad. Chillicothe, December 8th. 1873. Elders present: 
Thomas Ghormley, Hugh Bell, William K. McCoy, Abel Kent, and 
J ohn Steel. R. K. Campbell, Mod. ; H. W . Biggs, T, C. 

244th— 183rd. McArthur, December 30th, 1873. Elders pres- 
ent: William Hays, J. M. Johnston and Hugh Bell. R. K- Campbell, 
Mod.; John Barrett, T. C. 

245th— 184th. Kingston, April 14th and 15th, 1874. T. Spet- 
nagel, John McConnell, R. Templeton, John Steel, S. J. Parrett, R. 
W, Shannon, George S. Fullerton and D. C. Anderson. T. M. Steven- 
son, Mod.; George Carpenter, T. C. 

246th— 185th. South Salem, May 12th, 1874, Elders present: 
Robert Adams, James A. Wallace and Theodore Spetnagel. A. B- 
Brice, Mod.; H. W. Biggs, T- C. 

247th— 186th. Fall Creek Church, September 8th and 9th, 1874. 
Elders present: John H. AValker, John McNichol, James Hunter, S, 
J. Parrett, William Ross, John H. Black, Rutherford Collier, Wm. 
Pinkerton, Fr* deric Druhot and Eli Templin. Clark Kendall, Mod- ; 
J. B- Johnston, T. C 

248th and 187th. Da;vton, October 17th, 1874. Elders Present: 
Hugh Bell, W. M. Pinkerton, Robert McNichol and George Rosselot. 
A. B. Brice, Mod.; J. A- I. Lowes, T. C. 

249th— 188th Greenfield, March 9th, 1875. Elders present: 
Lewis Leib, Albert L. Wilson, Hugh Bell, J. W. McCague, Moses 
Stitt and William Thomas. A. B. Brice, Mod. ; H. W- Biggs, T- C- 

250th— 189th. Bloomingburgh, April 13th and 14th, 1875. Elders 
present: Lewis Leib, N. Throckmorton, Price Taylor, Hugh Bell, 
Wm. Devlin, S.J. Parrett. Wm. Ross, Joshua Broughton, Samuel 
E Hibben, Peachy Ervin, J. M. Gillespie, John Steel, Frederic Dru- 
hot, Abraham Hurst and J. R. Lyle. William P. Eastman, Mod. ; 
R. K. Campbell, T. C. • 

251st— 190th. Wilkesville, September 14th and 15th, 1875. 
Elders present: Thomas Miller. Samuel F. McCoy, Levi Pricer, S. 
E. Hibben, Rutherford Collier, George Sowerby and F. Druiiot. 
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252nd— 191st. Washington C. H., October 21-23, 1875. Eiders 
present: R. A. Linn, I. C. Vandenian, S. F. McCoy, Joseph McLean, 
Adam Nebbergall, Thomas Larrimer, John Steel, S. J. Parrett, 
Alexander McCoy, J. D. Mundell, Price Taylor, Eobert Templeton, 
Peter Platter and Wm. Burtenshaw. S. D. Crothers, Mod. ; R. K. 
Campbell, T. C. 

253rd— 192nd. Greenfield, January 1st, 1876. Elders present: 
Lewis Leib, A. L. Wilson and William Thomas. S. D. Crothers, 
Mod.; R. K. Campbell, T. C. 

254th— 193rd. Hillsborough, April 11th and 12th, 1876. Elders 
present: Alexander Brown, William K. McCoy, J. M. Gillespie, 
Theodore Spetnagel, James A. Wallace, William Ross, S. E. Hibben, 
Robert Adams, James &teel, William Purdy, Abraham Hurst, T. H. 
Lyle, Eli Templin, John D. Mundell, James Robinson, William 
Burtenshaw, J. G. Crothers and F. M. Thomas. H. W. Guthrie, 
Mod.; R. K- Campbell, T. C. 

255th— 194th. Chillicothe, May 16th, 1876. Elders present: 
J. W. Baird, Moses Stitt, Theodore Spetnagel, S. J. Parrett, John S. 
Murray and Wesley Bragg. S. D. Crothers, Mod.;R. K. Campbell, 
T. C. 

256th— 195th. Chillicothe, September 12th and 13th, 1876. 
Elders present: Price Taylor, John Miller, George M. Lauman, 
William K McCoy, D- E. Boies, S. F. McCoy, I. C. Yandeman, 
John Steel, Alexander M. McCoy, W. M. Bartlett, James A. Wallace, 
Rutherford Collier, William Thomas, George Rosselot, William 
Burtenshaw, Joseph W. McCague, R. W. Shannon, George Sowerby, 
John M. Baird and Daniel Clifton. George Carpenter, Mod.; S. W 
Elliott, T. C. 

257th— 196th. Lebanon, October 20th, 1876. Elders present: 
S. E- Hibben, I. C. Yandeman, A. L. Wilson, Lewis Leib, Robert 
Adams and Hugh Bell. S. D. Crothers, Mod. ; W. J. McSurely, T. C. 

258th— 197th. Greenfield, December 8th, 1876- Elders present : 
R. R. Kerr and Hugh Bell- S. D. Crothers, Mod. ; W. J. McSurely, 
T. C. 

259th— 198th. Washington C. H., April 10th and 11th, 1877. 
Elders present: Aaron W. Seymour, W. H. Storer, S. F. McCoy, D. 
C. Anderson, John MeNichol, Joshua Broughton, Albert Adams, J. 
W. Baird, Bennett Payne, R, S. Evans, Thomas H. Dick, James 
Steel, J. L. Caldwell, Adam Nebbergall, S. -J. Parrett, Wm. Devalon, 
J. W. Lenor, Alexander Menary and J. W. Lyle. R. N. Adams, 
Mod. ; S.F. McCoy, T. C. 

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David Pricer, Robert Kerr, Joseph McLean, Peter Platter and S. F. 
McCoy. H. W. Guthrie, Mod.; S. D. Crothers, T. C. 

261st— 200th. Pisgah, September 25th and 26th, 1877. Elders 
present: D. E. Boies, Theodore Spetnagel, Wesley Bragg, John 
Steel, Levi Pricer, Charles Wilson, W. L. Ghormley, Joseph 
Harper, J. W. Baird, Thomas Fletcher, J. L. Caldwell, and Abram 
Hurst. George E. Gowdy, Mod. ; Theo. Spetnagel, T. C. 

262nd— 201st. Troy, October 19, 1877. Elders present: Hugh 
Bell, Rutherford Collier, Levi Pricer and Peter Platter. Geo. E» 
Gowdy, Mod.; J. O. Pierce, T. C. 

263d— 202nd. Chillicothe, March 26, 1878. Elders present: 
Joseph McCague and Theodore Spetnagel. R. C. Galbraith, jr., 
Mod.; Theodore Spetnagel, T. C. 

264th— 203rd. Memorial Church, April 30, May 1, 1878. Elders 
present: Alexander Brown, Daniel Clifton, Theo. Spetnagel, George 
Goodchild, James Steel, Wm. Ross, David Pricer, Erskine Carson, 
# Albert Adams, R. R. Kerr, George Fullerton, Thomas Dick, Thomas 
Ghormley, Moses Stitt, George Sowerby, J. L. Caldwell, Henry 
Bradley and Robert Blackwell. R. K. Campbell, Mod. ; J. O. Pierce, 
T. C. 

265th— 204th. South Salem, September 24th and 25th, 1878. 
Elders present: Alexander Brown, Hugh Bell, I. C. Vandeman, 
John Steel, William Anderson, D. C . Anderson, S. J. Parrett, Peachy 
Ervin, Wm. Thomas, J. W. Baird, W. M. Pinkerton, Robt. McNichol 
and Fred. Druhot. S. P. Dunham, Mod.; H. W. Guthrie, T. C. 

296th— 205th. Ripley, October 18th and 19th, 1878. Elders 
present: J. M. Gillespie, S. F. McCoy, Fred Druhot, Abram Hurst 
and Eli Templin. Geo. Carpenter, Mod.-, H. W. Guthrie, T. C. 

267th— 206th. Greenfield, December 3d, 1878. Elders present: 
Lewis Leib. S. P. Dunham, Mod.; R. K. Campbell, T. C. 

268th— 207th. Frankfort, April 8th and 9th, 1879. Elders pres- 
ent: A. W. Seymour, Joshua Broughton, W. M. Pinkerton, Theodore 
Spetnagel, William Bryant, W. A. Ustick, James Steel, William An- 
derson, William Ross, S. J. Parrett, A. G. Matthews, Rutherford 
Collier, R. R. Kerr, Peter Platter, John R. Caldwell, John McNichol, 
Fred Druhot and George Sowerby. E. Grand Girard, Mod. ; Theo. 

Spetnagel, T. C. 

269th— 208th. South Salem, May 22, 1879. Elders present: A, 

W. Seymour, David Pricer and Wm. Thomas. R. C. Galbraith, 
Jr., Mod.; H. W. Guthrie, T. C. 

270th— 209th. South Salem, June 5, 1879. Elders present: 
Wm. Thomas, Alexander Brown and David Pricer. R. C. Galbraith, 
jr., Mod. ; H. W. Guthrie, T. C. 



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271st— 210th. New Market, : September 9th and 10th, 1879. 
Elders present: A. W. Seymour, Hugh Bell, Wm. A. Ustick, 
S. S. Pangburn, Albert Adams, Wm. Thomas, J. Teenor, Abram 
Hurst, Eli Templin, J. W. Lyle, E. Tissot, Wm. Purdy, Robert 
McNichol, and Strawder J. Parrett. Sam'l W. Elliott, Mod. ; R. N. 
Adams, T. C. 

272ud— 211th. Hamden, September 30, 1879. Elders present: 
Hugh Bell and B. R. Payne. Sam'l P. Dunham, Mod.; S. D. Croth- 
ers, T. C. 

273rd— 212th. Lebanon, October 22, 1879. Elders present: 
James Steel, Sam'l F. McCoy, Wm. Pinkerton and David C. Ander- 
son. Sam'l W T . Elliott, Mod.; Samuel C. Kerr, T. C. 

274th— 213th. Greenfield, April 13th and 14th, 1880. Elders 
present: Aaron W. Seymour, R. W. Shannon, Albert E. Culter, James 
Steel, Edward C. Irwin, Adam Nebbergall, W. A. Falconer, James 
T. Bonner, Fred Druhot, Moses Stitt, Joshua Broughton, George 
Stewart, Isaac C. VandemaD, A. G- Matthews, Robert Templeton, 
David A. Lamb, Abram Hurst, Robert McNichol and C . F. Wise. 
Ferd. Y. Krug, Mod.; R. N. Adams, P. C. 

275th— 214th. North Fork, July 13, 1880. Elders present: 
Hugh Bell, James Steel, John Thomas, .Win. Ross, David Pricer, 
Peter Platter, Joseph Russell, W. K. McCoy, J. D. Mundell, John 
McConnell. Sam'l C. Kerr, Mod.; R. N. Adams, P. C. 

276th— 215th. Mowrytown, September 14th and 15th, 1880. 
Elders present: Theo. Spetnagel, Jos. R. Lyle, George Rosselotaud 
Robert McNichol. Henry W. Biggs, Mod.; Wm. J. McSurely, T. C. 

277th— 216th. Chillicothe, October 22, 1880. Elders present: 
Erskine Carson, Wm. Ross, George Goodchild, Moses Stitt, Levi 
Pricer, Robert McNichol, Joshua Broughton, Hugh Bell, Robert 
Irvin, Wm. Thomas, Rutherford Collier, James Manary, Isaac C. 
Vandeman, Emil Tissot, John Steel, Thomas Ghormley and 
Henry Brown. H. W. Biggs, Mod. ; R. N. Adams, P. Q. 

278th— 217th. Chillicothe, First Church Parsonaf e, March 5th, 
1881. Elders present: Hugh Bell and J. R. English. H. W. Biggs, 
Mod.; George Carpenter, T. C. 

279th— 218th. Hillsborough, April 12th and 13th, 1881. Elders 
present: Aaron W. Seymour, J. D. Mundell, Samuel F. McCoy, 
James Steel, Joseph McLean, D. C. Anderson, S. J. Parrett, S. S. 
Pangburn, Peachy Ervin, Peter Platter, William Purdy, George 
Russell, F. M. Thomas, George Stewart and S. M. Strain- John O- 
Pierce, Mod.; S. D. Crothers, T. C. 

280th— 219th. Bainbridge, June 7th, 1881. Elders present: 

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Aaron W. Seymour, Joseph McLean, Peter Platter, Fred Druhot, J. 
D. Mundell, David Pricer and S. F. McCoy. James G. Galbreath, 
Mod.; S. D. Crothers, T C. 

281st— 220th. Concord, September 13th and 14th, 1881. Elders 
present: Alexander McCoy, David E. Boies, Isaac Vandeman, George 
Ware, Alfred E. Wilson, Thomas Fletcher, Joseph Baum, Samuel 
F. McCoy, J ames Steel, Strawder J. Parrett and Bobert R. Kerr. 
William A. Smith, Mod.. Samuel F. McCoy, T. C- 

282nd— 221st. Springfield, October 21st and 22nd, 1881. 
Elders present: Albert G. Adams, Joseph McLean, J. T- Bonner, 
Alexander McCoy, William A. Ustick, I. A. Day, Alfred L- Wilson, 
Stewart V. Wright, James Steel, George Rosselot and Samuel F. 
McCoy. William A Smith, Mod. ; Samuel F. McCoy,. T. C. 

283rd— 222nd. Wilmington, December 13th, 1881. Elder pres- 
ent: David A. Lamb. George Carpenter, Mod.; David A. Lamb, 
T. C. 

284th— 223rd. Kingston, February 17th, 1882- Elders present: 
Thomas Ghormley and R. W. Shannon. George Carpenter, Mod.; 
R- C. Galbraith, Jr., T. C. 

285th— 224th- Chillicothe, Third Church, April 11-13, 1882. 
Eiders present: Joshua Brougkton, S F. McCoy, Wm. Robinson, R. 
C. White, Thomas Ghormley, Strawder J. Parrett, Charles Wilson, 
Thomas D. Rogers, Adam NebbergalJ, John Si eel, S. M. Strain, 
Frederick Druhot, J. M. Gillespie, William Ross, W. H. Storer, John 
Miller, R. W- Shannon, W. K. McCoy and David A. Lamb. George 
B. Beecher, Mod.; S, D. Crothers, T. C. 

286th— 225th. Marshall, July 11th and 12th, 1882. Elders pres- 
ent: Stewart V. Wright, S. S. Pangburn, Thomas D. Rogers, E. Tissot 
and B. Hudson. Richard G. Lewis, Mod.; S. D. Crothers, T. C. 

287th— 226th. South Salem, September 12th and 13th, 1882. 
Eiders present: Alexander Brown, John R. Entrekin, Hugh Bell, 
William A. Ustick, John Steel, David Pricer, Richard S. Evans, 
Alfred L. Wilson, Robert R. Kerr, David A. Lamb, Peter Platter, 
Thomas Fletcher, Eli Templin, James Wilson, Allen Strain and 
George Rosselot. Dwight L. Chapin, Mod.; James G. Galbreath, 
T. C. 

288th— 227th. Columbus, Oct. 18, 19, 1882. Elders present: 
David T. Brown, J. B. Templeton, Robert McNichol and Isaac Van- 
deman. Dwight L. Chapin, Mod.: S. D. Crothers, T. C. 

289th— 228th. Kingston, April 10-12th, 1883. Elders present: 
Joshua Broughton, Samuel Frederick, George Stewart, Hugh Bell, 
James Steel, John McConnell, D. C. Anderson, Stewart V. Wright, 



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Rutherford Collier, Dayid A. Lamb, Peter Platter, John R. Steel' 
Frederic Druhot, Joseph Baum, C. T. McCoy and George Sowerby. 
D wight L. Chapin, Mod.; W. J. McSurely, T. C- 

290th— 229th. Greenfield, June 12th, 1883. Elders present: 
Joshua Broughton, Hugh Bell, William Ross, David Pricer, Ruther- 
ford Collier, James T. Bonner and Joseph McLean. Richard G. 
Lewis, Mod,; W, J. McSurely, T. C. 

291st— 230th. Chillicothe, First Church Parsonage, Aug. 14th, 
1883. Elders present: Hugh Bell and S. Holderman. William P. 
Eastman, Mod.; S. D. Crothers, T. C. 

292nd— 231st. Bloomingburgh, September 11th and 12th, 1883. 
Elders present: Aaron W. Seymour, Robert W. Junk, James Stitt, 
Hugh Bell, Isaac C. Vandeman, John Steel, R. C. White, Alexander 
McCoy, Strawder J. Parrett, James B. Herron, Thomas D. Rogers, 
Adam Nebbergall, James McL. Welsh, Peter Strausburgh, R. L. 
Purdy, George Rosselot and Moses Stitt. John P. A. Dickey, Mod.; 
S. D. Crothers, P. C. 

293rd— 232nd. Wooster, October 24th and 25th, 1883. Elders 
present: Alfred L. Wilson, Samuel F. McCoy and D. L, Dunlap. 
John O . Pierce, Mod. ; S. D . Crothers, P. C. 

294th— 233rd. Chillicothe, First Church Parsonage, Oct. 30th, 
1883. Elders present: Hugh Bell and David E. Boies. John P. A* 
Dickey, Mod.; Richard G. Lewis, T. C. 

295th— 234th, Washington C. H., April 8-10, 1884. Elders 
present: Hugh Bell, William Robinson, James McL. Welsh, John W* 
Baird, David A. Lamb, Charles Wilson, Peachy Ervin, Frederic 
Druhot, J. D. Mundell, Joseph McLean, Marcus Clark, James G. 
Steel, Alexander , Brown, Henry Ault, James R. English, Joseph M. 
Gillespie, Adam Nebbergall and James Steel. Wm. M. Galbreatb, 
Mod. ; S. D. Crothers, P. C. 

296th— 235th. Bloomingburgh, April 29, 1884. Elders present: 
Hugh Bell, James McL. Welsh, Stewart V. Wright, Joseph McLean 
and George Stewart. John P. A. Dickey, Mod.; Norman Jones, T. C. 

297th— 236th. Concord, September 9th and 10th, 1884- 
Elders present: William Anderson, Samuel F. McCoy, Strawder J. 
Parrett, Alfred L. Wilson, James Steel, Robert N. Irvin, Eli Templin, 
Joseph Baum, C. T. McCoy, Thomas Fletcher, Robert A, Pricer, S. 
S. Pangburn, Willism Thomas, Frederic Druhot, Joshua Broughton, 
Aaron W. Seymour, James P. Robinson and Ephraim Hunter, 
Samuel F. Sharpless, Mod.; S. D. Crothers, P. C. 

298th— 237th, Washington O. H,, October 16th and 17th, 1884. 
Elders present- Strawder J. Parrett, James P, Robinson and Joseph 



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M. Gillespie. John P. A. Dickey, Mod.; S. L. Crothers, P. C. 

299th— 238tb. Chillicothe, April 14-16, 1885. Elders present: 
John Miller, S. F. McCoy, Peter Platter, David A. Lamb, Wm. Thom- 
as, Frederic Druhot, John Jefferson, D. C. Anderson, Aaron W. 
Seymour, George M. Ustick, K. C, White, William K. McCoy, 
David Pricer, J . N. McConnell, James Steel, Milton Strain, Simon 
Halderman, Joshua Broughton, James G. Steel and C. T. McCoy 
Addison M. Chapin, Mod.; Norman Jones, T. C. 

SOOth— 239th. Frankfort, May 19th, 1885. Elders present: S. 
F. McCoy, Stewart V. Wright D. C. Anderson and J. N. McConnell. 
Addison M. Chapin, Mod.: S. D. Crothers, P. C. 

30 1st— 240th. South Salem, June 18, 1885. Elders present: 
Hugh Bell, B. R. Payne, Fred. Druhot, Strawder J. Parrett and C. T. 
McCoy. James G. Galbreath. Mod.; S. D. Crothers, P. C. 

302nd— 241st. Hillsborough, September 8th and 9th, 1885. 
Elders present: Hugh Bell, Daniel T. Brown, D. A. Lamb, A. G. 
Matthews, James Steel, J. S. Pinkerton, J. R. Eutrekin, Abram 
Hurst, A. W. Seymour, J. G. Steel, T. D- Rogers, F- M. Thomas, 
C. T. McCoy and P. S. Rosselot. Sam'l Findley, Mod.; S. D. 
Crothers, P. C. 

303d- 242nd. Greenfield, April 13th and 14th, 1886. Elders 
present: John McConnell, S. F- McCoy, John R. Steel, Moses Stitt, 
Peter Platter, Strawder Parrett, David A. Lamb, Adolph D. Rogers, 
Rutherford ColHer, Robert Kerr, James Steel, James Parshall, D. E. 
Boies, Charles M. Wilson, John Jamison, R. W, Junk, Abram Hurst 
and C. T. McCoy. S. B. Alderson, Mod.; Norman Jones, P. C. 

304th— 243d. Chillicothe, May 18, 1886. Elders present: S. F. 
McCoy, S. J. Parrett, Peter Platter, R. L. Irvin and A. W. Seymour. 

Sam'l F. Sharpless, Mod. 

305th- 244th. Kingston, September 14th and 15th, 1886. El- 
ders present: S. F. McCoy, J, W. Baird, E. C. Erwin, James Steel, 
G- F, Rosselot, James May, I. C. Vandeman, Joseph Baum, Eli 
Barrett and C. T. McCoy. Sam'l D. Crothers, Mod.; Norman Jones, 
P. C 

306fch— 245th. Washington C. H, November 16, 1886. Elders 

present: I. C. Vandeman and J. M. Gillespie. S. D. Crothers, Mod.; 

Norman Jones, P. C. 

307th— 246th. South Salem, April 12th and 13th, 1887. Elders 

present: J. L. Howser, D. E. Boies. S. F. McCoy, C M- Wilson, 

James Steel, Joseph McLean, Wm. Ross, David Pricer, John Mc- 

Nichol, E. C. Erwin, Wm. Thomas, J. McL. Welsh, John Miller, 

Eli Templin, Fred Druhot, C. T. McCoy and Robert Harper. J. H- 

Jones, Mod. ; Norman Jones, P C. 



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308th— 247th. Wilkesville, September 13th and 14th, 1887. 
Elders present: John MeConnell, Hugh Bell, John Deary, C. W. 
Hudson, Peter Platter, S . J. Parrett, Fred Druhot, Simon folder- 
man aud C. T. MiOoy. George Carpenter, Mod.; Norman Jones, 
P. C. 

309fch— 248th. Bloomingburgh, April 10th and 11th, 1888. 
Elders present: George Ware, Hugh Bell, J. McL .Welsh, S. V. 
Wright, Wm. Thomas, J. M. Gillespie, George F. Rosselot, J. R. 
Eutrekin, Wm. Robinson, D. C. Anderson, S. C. Wilson and A. 
Hurst. John O. Pierce, Mod- ; S. V. Wright, T. C. 

310th— 249th. Chillicothe, First Church, August 21st, 1888. 
Elders present; Hugh Bell and J. McL. Welsh. H. W. Guthrie, 
Mod.; S. C.Kerr, T. C. 

311th— 250th. Concord, September 11th and 12th, 1888. Elders 
present: George F. Rosselot, Wm. Thomas, J. M. Gillespie, I. C. 
Vandeman, R. L. Irvin, W. D. Anderson, C. T- McCoy, J. P. 
Roberts, Joseph McLean, M. C. Hopewell, Thos. Fletcher, Peter 
Platter, S. V, Wright, A. T. Rogers and A. M. Wilson. M. E. Cald- 
well, Mod. : N. Jones, P. G 

312th— 251st. Greenfield, November 5th, 1888. Elders present: 
S. J. Parrett, T. M. Elliott, A- Hurst and R. Kerr. S. D. (broth- 
ers, Mod. ; N. Jones, P. C. 

313th— 252nd. Bloomingburgh, December 27, 1888- Elders 
present: I. C. Yandeman and J, M. Gillespie. M. E- Caldwell, 
Mod.; N, Jones, P. C, 

314th— 253d. Chillicothe,|First Church, March 4, 1889. Elders 
present: Peter Platter, M. C. Hopewell, John Miller and S. V. 
Wright. George Carpenter, Mod.; S- V. Wright, T. C. 

315th-254th. Washington C. K, April 9th and 10th, 1889. 
Elders present: Hugh Bell, W- D. Anderson, S. J. Parrett, J. McL. 
Welsh, John McNichol, John Miller, J. Driggs, S. Halderman, Fred. 
Druhot, W. A. Ustick, D C. Anderson, J. L. Howser, Joseph Baum, 
Daniel Williams, Eli Barrett, D. A. Lamb, Emile Tissot, John T. 
Collier, Samuel Jamison, George Stuart, Adam Nebbergall and S. 
M. Strain. W. J. McSurely, Mod.; N. Jones, P. C. 



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Summary. 

In the following, the figures after the names show the number 
of times that an elder has attended Presbytery. Next, is the 
name of the church of which he was a member, and the succeeding 
name and date the place and time of his first appearing in Presby- 
tery. Thus: Andexson William, was a member of Presbytery at four 
meetings. He was a member of the Concord Church, and first at- 
tended Presbytery at Chillicothe, October 1, 1806. 



Anderson Win., 4, Concord. 
Anderson Sam'I, Concord, 
Allen Elijah, 3, JBloomingburgh. 
Allen W. H,, Hillsborough, 
Adair George, 14, Eocky Spring. 
Anderson John, 8. 
Allison Wm,, 2, Pisgah- 
Amen N., 7, Hillsboro' and Marshall 



Chillicothe, Oct I, 1806. 
fled Oak, April 7, 1819. 
Hillsborough, Sep. 29, 1819. 
West Union, April 6, 1830. 
West Union, April 2, 1833. 
Red Oak, Dec. 20, 1837. 

Pisgah, April 6, 1847. 
Sinking Spring, Sep. 4, 



1849. 

Anderson J.; at this meeting, 2, J. A's. Cynthiana, Sep. 3, 1850. 
Allen James, 12, Washington C. H. South Salem, Sep. 5, 1854. 
Anderson G, W,, Union. Bloomiugburgh, Sep. 2, 1856. 

Adams Albert, Greenfield. Bainbridge, April 21, 1857. 

Anderson Wm. H., 3, .Concord. Bloomingburgh, Aug. 29, 1865. 
Allston J. R., 4, Chillicothe First. 
Anderson D. 0., 14, Frankfort. 



Adams Robert, 2, Greenfield. 

Ault Henry, New Petersburg, 

Anderson W. D., North Fork, 2. 

Baird James, 5, Eagle Creek, 

Benington Thos., 3, Fleming. 

Bedle Francis, Turtle Creek. 

Bovelle John, 3. 

Boyd Archibald, 2, Cabin Creek. 

Barbour James. 

Brooks Robert, 2. 

Blair Benjamin, Pisgah. 

Bay David, 3, Treacles Creek. 

Berry man Joel, 2. 

Bloom William, 3. 

Baird Moses, 8, Sandy Spring, 

Braden Robert, 5, Salem, 



Greenfield, April 2, 1867, 
Cincinnati, Oct. 20, 1870. 
South Salem, May 12, 1874. 
Wash. C. H., April 8, 1884. 
Concord, Sep. 11, 1888. 
Eagle Creek, Oct. 6, 1801. 
Washington, Ky., April 13, 1802. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 6, 1802. 
Red Oak, April 4, 1804. 
Lebanon, Oct. 14, 1807. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 3, 1810 
Red Oak, Oct. 7, 1812 
Red Oak, Oct, 7, 1812. 
Chillicothe, Oct. 17, 1815. 
West Union, April 8, 1818. 
Bloomingburgh, Sep. 27, 1826. 
Red Oak, April 4, 1827, 
Greenfield, Oct, 9, 1828- 



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Beasly Alfred, M. D., 5. 
Barry Andrew, Hillsborough, 
Beard Moses. 

Buckner William, Georgetown, 
Buckner Philip J., Georgetown. 
Barr Samuel. 
Brown George, 8, Salem. 
Blair Joseph W., 7, Belfast. 
Black John B. 4. Hillsborough. 
Barry Thomas, 8, Hillsborough. 
Bacon S., Chillicothe First, 



West Union, Sep. 29, 1829 
Hillsborough, January 5, 1830, 
West Union, April 6,1830. 

Greenfield, Oct. 17, 1836. 
West Union, April 4, 1837. 
Ripley, Sep. 11, 1838. 
Salem, Sep. 10, 1839. 
Bloomingburgh, Aug. 29, 1843. 

Bed Oak, Sep. 7, 1847. 
Hillsborough, Sep. 6, 1848. 
Bloomingburgh, April 2, 1850. 
Bloomingburgh, Sep. 7, 1852. 

Bloomingburgh, 



Brown Alex., 25, Bainbridge. 
Bell Hugh, 60, Union and First Chillicothe. 
June 5, 1855. 

Boies D. E„ 13, Bloomingburgh. Bainbridge, April 21, 1857. 
Black J. D., Marshall, Sep. 1, 1857. 

Blair William L., 2. Washington C. H., April 6, 1858. 

Bryan Joseph, Washington C. H. Marshall, April 10, 1860. 
Black J. R. Greenfield, Sep. 10, 1861. 

Brough ton Joshua, 17, Greenland. Hillsborough , April 7j 1868. 
Baird John W., 11, Second Greenfield, and Salem. Bainbridge, 
Aug. 31, 1869. 

Blaine A. M., 4. Washington C. H., Aug. 30, 1870- 

Burtenshaw Wm„ 8, Hamden. Washington, Aug. 30, 1870 

Barrett James. Washington C. H„ Aug. 30, 1870, 



Bradley Henry, Wilkesville. 
Bonner J. T., 4, Third Chillicothe 
Bartlett W, M., 2, New Plymouth 
Black John H., 
Bragg Wesley, 2, Memorial. 
Blackwell Robert, Omega. 
Bryant William, Memorial. 
Baum Joseph, 4, Bourneville. 
Brown David T., 
Brown Henry, Piketon. 
Brown Daniel T., Salem. 
Barrett Eli, 2, New Market. 
Campbell John, 3. 
Cochran Hugh, 2, Union. 
Campbell Joseph N., 3. 
Cooper Andrew. 



Greenfield, Sep. 12, 1871- 
South Salem, April 9, 1872. 
Hamden, Sep. 10, 1872. 
Fall Creek, Sep. 8, 1874. 
Chillicothe, May 16, 1876. 
Memorial, April 30, 1878- 
Frankfort, April 8, 1879. 

Concord, Sep. 13, 1881. 
Columbus, Oct. 18, 1882. 
Chillicothe, Oct. 30, 1882- 
Hillsborough, Sep. 8, 1885. 
Kingston, Sep. 14, 1886. 
Washington, Ky., April 30, 1802. 

Chillicothe, Oct. 1, 1806. 
Red Oak, Sep. 27, 1820. 
West Union, Sep. 30, 1823. 



Claybaugh Wm., Bloomingburgh. 



Ripley, Sep. 28, 1824. 



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Collett Isaac, 9. Hillsborough, Oct. 5, 1830. 

Corbett David, 2, Union. Uniou, March 4, 1831. 

Campbell James, Georgetown. Manchester, April 5, 1831. 

Cunningham William. Red Oak, Sep. 25, 1832. 

Clark Robert . Bloomingburgh,. Sep . 24, 1833. 

Cook William, Greenfield. Union Sep. 17, 1834. 

Carolus John, Piketon. Pisgah, April 5, 1842. 

Carothers Thos., 3, Chillicothe First. Bainbridge, April 1, 1845. 
Coyner Robert, 2, Pisgah. Sinking Spring, Sep. 8, 1846. 

Cooper Wm. B., 2, New Market. Red Oak, Sep 7, 1847. 

Cromwell Samuel, 4. Hillsborough, Sep- 6, 1848. 

Campbell John, 3- Marshall, April 6, 1852. 

Clark John, 7, Greenland. New Market, Sep. 6, 1853. 

Cowman William, 2. Bloomingburgh, Sep. 2. 1856. 

Culbertson Samuel, 2, West Union. Marshall, Sep. 1, 1857 . 
Cleveland Edward H., Greenland. Red Oak, Aug. 28, 1860. 

Clifton Daniel, 4, Greenland. Pisgah, Aug. 26, 1862. 

Chestnut Benjamin, Memorial. Bainbridge, Aug. 31, 1869. 

Collier Rutherford, 13, Greenfield First, Chillicothe Third, 

• April 5, 1870. 

Culter A. E., 2, Chillicothe First. Greenfield, April 8, 1873. 

Caldwell J- L., M. D., 4, Piketon. Washington, April 10, 1877. 
Crothers J. G., Greenfield 2nd. Hillsborough, April 11, 1879- 
Carson Erskine, 2, Hillsborough. Memorial, April 30, 1878- 

Clark Marcus, Greenland. Washington, April 8, 1884. 

Collier John T., Greenfield. Washington, April 9, 1889. 

Darlington Gen. Joseph, 6, (Member 1st Constitutional Conven- 
tion, of Ohio.) W r est Union. Johnston's Fork, April 9, 1799. 
Donaldson J ohn. Cabin Creek, April 8, 1800. 

Dry den David. Hillsborough, April 3, 1811- 

Davidson John, New Market. Rocky Spring, April 7, 1813. 

Donaldson Israel, 20. (Member of 1st Constitutional Conven- 
tion of Ohio.) Red Oak. April 5, 1815- 
Dun Walter, Chillicothe First, Red Oak, April 5, 1825. 
Dryden Samuel, 5. Red Oak, April 4, 1827. 
Douglass Thomas. 2. Hillsborough, Sep. 25, 1827. 
Douglass Absalom, Bloomingburgh, Aug. 29, 1843. 
Dixon George M., Belfast. South Salem, April 4. 1848. 
Dunlap Milton, 2, Greenfield. Washington, July 3, 1849. 
Dunlap Shepherd, 2, Greenfield. Rocky Spring, Sep. 4, 1855. 
Devoss J. W., 9, Greenfield First. Marshall, Sep. 1, 1857. 
Druhot Fred, 29, French. Marshall Sep. 1, 1857. 



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Dinsmore Wm. H, 4, Palace Hill. 
Dustman D., 2, Cbillicothe First. 
Darlington H. H.,4, Winchester. 
Dick Campbell G., 3, Marshall. 
Doak B. F. 

Devalon Wm., 3. Washington 0, H. 
Druhofc Joseph, Mo wry town. 
Day J. A. 

Dunlap D. L., Washington C. H. 
Dick Thomas H., 2, Marshall. 
Derry John, Wilkesville. 
Driggs J., Hamden. 
Ewing James, 5, Cincinnati. 



Marshall, April 10, 1860. 
Chillicothe, April 3, 1866. 
. Union, Aug. 27, 1866 . 
Concord, Sep. 1, 1868. 
Bainbridge, Aug. 31, 1869. 
Frankfort, April 11, 1871. 
Greenfield, April 8, 1873. 
Springfield, Oct 21, 1881. 
Wooster, Oct. 24, 1883. 
Washington, April 10,1887. 
Wilkesville, Sep. 13, 1887. 
Washington C. H.^ April 9, 1889. 
Washington, Ky., April 13, 1802- 



Evans John, 5, Straight Creek. 
Edmiston David, 5, Salem. 
E wing Joshua, 2. 
Evans Richard, 3,Hillsborough. 
Edmiston Robert, 2, Salem. 
Evans Daniel, 7, Hillsborough. 
Evans Daniel. Red Oak. 
Emery John, New Market. 
Ellison J ames, 8, West Union. 
Evans Duncan, 5, Straight Creek. 
Evans Isaac, 7, Salem. 
Ellison Wm., 3- 

Elder Samuel, Ebenezex, in Brown. 

Evans William, 4. 

Evans John D. 

Evans Noah, 12, Hillsborough. 



Cincinnati, Oct- 5, 1803. 
Buckskin, April 5, 1809. 
Chillicothe, April 4, 1810. 
Buckskin, April 6, 1814. 
Red Oak, April 3, 1816. 
Red Oak, April 7, 1819. 
Red' Oak, April 7, 1819. 
Concord, April 3, 1822- 
West Union, April 1, 1828. 

Greenfield, Oct 9, 1828. 
Hillsborough, Jan. 5, 1830. 
Hillsborough, Oct, 5, 1830; 
Hillsborough, Oct. 4, 1831. 
West Union, April 12, 1833. 
Red Oak, April 1, 1834. 
Greenfield, Sep. 14, 1841- 
New Market, Sep. 6, 1853, 
W ashington, 



Euvrard George, 4, Mo wry town. 
Eckley Peter, 10, Leesburgh and West Union. 
April 6, 1858. 

Evans R. S.. 2, Hillsborough. Washington, April 10, 1877. 

Ervin Peachy, 4. Hilisborough, April 12, 1881. 

Entrekiu J. R., 3, Mount Pleasant. South Salem, Sep. 12, 1881. 
English James R., 2.. Piketon. Chillicothe, March 5, 1881. 

Erwin E. C, 2. Kingston, Sep-. 14. 1886. 

Fee John, 4. Straight Creak, Aug. 28, 1805. 

Fisher Michael, 2, Franklinton, Red Oak, Oct. 4, 1809. 

Finley Samuel Gen., 2, Chillicothe First. Chillicothe, April 4, 
1810. 

Fee George. Cincinnati, Oct. 3, 1810. 

43 



> THE HISTOBY OF TEE 

Francis Edward, 2. Hillsborough, Oct, 4, 1831. 

Finch John, Pisgah. Hillsborough, June 4, 1834, 

Furry Christopher, New Market, Chillieothe, Oct. 21, 1836. 

Ford Amos, Chillieothe Second. Hillsborough, April 7, 1840, 
Franklin Wm. B., 8, Chillieothe First, Concord, Oct. 7, 1845. 
Fulton Wm., Belfast. Eckmansville, Sep. 4, 1849. 

Finley John. Cynthiana, Sep. 3, 1850 

Fletcher Thomas, 6. Wilkesville. Washington, Aug. 30, 1870. 
Falconer Wm. A., Hamdei). -Greenfield, April 13, 1870. 

Frederick Samuel, Mount Pleasant, South Salem, April 9, 1872. 
Gill Kobert, Cincinnati, Oct. 6, 1802, 

Gallaher James. Cincinnati, Oct. 3, 1810. 

Garrett John. Red Oak, Oct. 7, 1812: 

Garrett Wm , 20, R:nky Spring. Red Oak, Oct. 7, 1812. 

Gillespie Jos. S., 7, Bloomingburgh. Chillieothe, Oct. 18, 1821. 
Ghormley Hugh 11, Greenfield. Concord. April 3, 1822. 

Garrett James. Ripley, Sep. 28, 1824, 

Gunning Andrew. Red Oak, April 5, 1825. 

Gilbert Nathan. Salem, Sep. 29, 1835. 

Gilbert Matthew. Hillsborough, April 3. 1838. 

Griffin Wm,, Georgetown. Ripley, Sep. 11, 1838. 

Garrett Robert W., 2, Rocky Spring. Waverly, Aug. 30, 1842. 
Gilliland James, 2, Red Oak. Manchester. April 1. 1851. 

Galbraith Robt. C. Sen., 6, Concord. Chillieothe, April 17, 1855. 
Gibbony J. H-, 3, Eckmansville. Bainbridge, April 21, 1857. 

Gillespie J, M., M. D. 12, Bloomingburgh. Salem, June 28, 1859. 
Gibbony James, 3, Eckmansville. Hillsborough, Sep. 29,1859. 
Ghormley W. L., 5, Greenfield. Cincinnati, Oct. 21, 1865. 

Gilbert W. B. Hillsborough, April 7, 1868. 

Ghormley T., 10, Chillieothe Third. Concord, May 11, 1869. 
Goodchild Geo., 2, Memorial. Memorial Church, April 30, 1878. 
Hart John, Johnston's Fork. Johnston's Fork Meeting House, 
April 9, 1799. 

Harris Edward, 3. Washington, Ky., Oct. 24, 1799. 

Henderson Andrew. Cinninnati, Oct. 7, 1800. 

Huron Seth. Bethany, August 5, 1801. 

Hopkins Archibald, 11, Red Oak. Buckskin, April 5, 1809. 

Huron Silas. Chillieothe, April 4, 1810. 

Harper James, 2. Hillsborough, Sep. 4, 1816. 

Henry John, 7, Concord. Rocky Spring, August 6, 1817. 

Hemphill Andrew, 4, Concord. Concord, April 3, 1822 

Haynes George, 3, Chillieothe First, Greenfield, April 1, 1823. 



OHILLIOOTHE PKESBVTEKY. 



379 



Huggins Win., 2, Red Oak. 
Hibbeii S. E., 28, Hillsborough. 
Howard Tiioroas, 2. 
Hughs Daniel, 2, Pisgah. 
Hopkins Gordon, 11, lied Oak. 
Hervey Andrew. 

Herron James B.. 2, Hillsborough. 
Hearne J. S. 

Harper Joseph, 13, Pisgah. 
Hunter John, 2, New Market. 
Hawes Thomas, 3. 
Elijah Hopkins. 
Hurst Abraham, 14, Belfast. 
Hopkins John. 

Hunter James, 2, New Market. 
Hawk C. S., Wilkesville. 
Harper George. 
Hurst J- 

Hays William, 2. 
Hudson Benjamin, Bethel. 
Halderman Simon, 4, Mt. Pleasant 
Hunter Ephraim, Hamden. 
Harper Robert, Bainbridge. 
Howser J. L., 2, Bainbridge. 
Hudson C. W. 

Hopewell M- C, 2, Chillicothe First 
Ireland Hans. 

Irwin Edward 0 3, Greenfield. 
Irvin Robert L, 4, Frankfort. 
Johnston Wm., Johnston's Fork, 

House, April 9, 1799. 
Jones James. Washington 



Ripley, September 28, 1824. 
Bloorningburgh Sep. 24, 1833. 

Greenfield, Oct. 17, 1836. 
Bioomingburgh, Sep. 12, 1837. 
Hillsborough, April 3, 1838. 
Hillsborough, April 3, 1838. 
Chillicothe, April 6, 1846. 

Pisgah, April 6, 1847. 
Greenfield, April 3, 1849. 
Greenfield, April 3, 1849. 
Greenfield, April 5, 1853. 
Salem, Sep. 5, 1854. 
Rocky Spring, April 4, 1865. 
Salem, April 13, 1869. 
Washington, August 30, 1870. 
Frankfort, April 11, 1871. 
Washington, August 1, 1871. 
Hamden, Sep. 10, 1872. 
Bainbridge, September 9, 1873. 
Marshall, July 11, 1882. 
Chillicothe, Aug. 14, 1883. 
Concord, Sep. 9, 1884. 
South Salem, April 12, 1887. 
South Salem, April 12, 1887. 
Wilkesville, Sep. 13, 1887. 
Concord, Sep. II, 1888. 
Cabin Creek, April 8, 1800. 
Pisgah, Sep. 17, 1863. 
Chillicothe, Oct. 22, 1880." 
Johnston's Fork Meeting 



Ky, April 13, 



Jolly David, 10, Hillsborough. 
John William, 11. 
Jones Robert, 3. 
John Daniel, 10, West Union. 
Johnston John M., 7, Hillsborough. 
Johnson Andrew, 6, Marshall. 
Junkin J. G., M. D., 2, Greenland. 
Jennings Jonathan. 
Junk Robert W., 3, Greenland. 
Jefferrson John, Bioomingburgh 



1802. 
1811. 
1836. 



Hillsborough, April 3, 
Greenfield. Oct. 17, 
West Union, April 4, 1843. 
Belfast, April 2, 1844. 
Pisgah, April 6, 1847. 
Union, Sep. 2, 1851. 
Greenfield, April 15, 1856. 
Bainbridge, Sep. 10, 1873. 
Bioomingburgh, Sep. 11, 1883. 
Chillicothe, April 14, 1885. 



380 



THE HISTORY OF THE 



Jamison John, Frankfort. Greenfield, April 13, 1886 

Jamison Samuel, Concord. Washington C. H., April 9, 1889. 
Kinkaid Wm., 6. Chillicothe, April 4, 1810. 

Kirker Thomas, 14, (Member 1st Constitutional Convention of 



Ohio,) Eagle Creek. 
Keys, Wm., 13, Hillsborough. 
Keys Samuel, 2, Hillsborough. 
Kirker William, 9, West Union 
King William, 4, Georgetown. 
Kirker James, 3, Eckmansville. 
Kibler Isaac, 2. 
Kinkaid Scott, 5. Bed Oak- 
Kirker J- N., 4, Eckmansville- 
Kibler Joseph, Hillsborough. 
Kerr Robert Jl., 10, Pisgah. 
Kelly Adam, 4, Red Oak. 
Kirchenschlager J., 2, Chillicothe German. 

2, 1867. 
Kelly Edward. 
Kent Abel, 2. 
Lyon James, 2. 
Logan William. 
Larimore Victor, 3. 
Laughton John, 2. 
Long John, Columbus. 
Laughry John, 2, Columbus. 
Long Richard, 5, Chiliicothe First. 
Laughead John. 
Laughry James, 2. 
Laughead Benjamin, 2. 
Lucas Hugh, 5. 
Linn Samuel, 4, Hillsborough 
Lewis Archibald B. 
Lafabre John, 2, # Russelville. 
Limbeck D. 



Chillicothe, April 4, 1810. 
Nazareth, April 5, 1815. 
Hillsborough, Sep. 4, 1816. 
West Union, Sep. :<9, 1829. 
Hillsborough, Oct. 5, 1890. 

Red Oak, Sep. 25, 1832. 
Hillsborough, Sep. 6. 1848. 
Greenfield, April 15, 1856. 
Bainbridge, April 21, 1857. 
Bainbridge, April 21, 1857. 
Mount Leigh, Sep. 7, 1858. 
South Salem, April 8, 1859. 

Greenfield, April 



Concord, Sep. 1, 1868. 
Bainbridge, Sep. 9, 1873. 
Eagle Creek, Oct, 6, 1801. 
Hopewell church, April 3, 1805. 

Red Oak, April 3, 1816. 
Hillsborough, Sep. 4, 1816. 
West Union, Sep. 19, 1821. 

Chillicothe, Oct, 18, 1821. 
West Union, April 1, 1828. 
Hillsborough, Jan. 5, 1830. 
Red Oak, April 1, 1834, 
South Salem, Sep. 29, 1835. 
Bloomingburgh, Sep. 12, 1837. 
Georgetown, April 7. 1835. 

Salem, Sep. 29, 1835. 
New Market, Sep. 3, 1844. 
Bloomingburgh, April 2, 1850. 



Larrimer Thomas. 6, Bloomingburgh. Manchester, April 1, 1851. 

Laughead William. New Market, Sep. 6, 1853. 

Long S. B-, 2. Mowrytown, Dec. 6, 1859. 

Laird Samuel, 4. South Salem, April 7, 1863. 

Lehning Conrad, Chillicothe German, South Salem, April 13 
1869. 

Lamb D. A., 15, Wilmington. Washington, August, 30, 1870. 



CHILLICOT1IE PRESBYTERY. 



381 



Linn R. A. 2, Hillsborough. Washington, Oct, 21, 1873. 

Leib Lewis, 4, Second Greenfield. Greenfield, March 9, 1875. 
Lyle Joseph R., 2, Bethel, Bloomingburgh, April 13, 1875, 



Lyle T. H„ Bethel. 
Lauman George M. 
Leuor J. W. 
Lyle J. W., Bethel. 
Miller Moses, 3. 
Martin Alexander, 2. 
Miller John. 
Moore Andrew. 
Means William, 2. 
Miller David. 
Martin John. 
Moore John. 6. 

Miller Joseph, 2, Chillieothe First. 
Morton John, 12, Salem. 
Murray David, 7. 
Murray James, 9, New Market. 
Menary J ames, 16, Bloomingburgh. 
Moore Jonathan, 3, Straight Creek. 
Milligan Hugh, 10, Salem and also Greenfield 

18, 1821. 
Morrow James. 
Montgomery Nathaniel, 8. 
Matthews William, 4. 
Means John. 
Mitchell David. 
Moore Samuel G., 4. 
Matthews David, 5, Belfast. 
Manning James, 2, Belfast. 
Matthews John, 2- 
Morrow John, 13, New Market 
Mannon James, Belfast. 
Murphy Newton, 6- 
Murray John S., 4, Greenfield. 
Menary Alexander, 8, Bloomingburgh 
Morrow William. 

Moorehouse P. E., Washington C. H. 
Mundell John D., 9, Mount Pleasant- 
Miller Thomas, Wilkes vi lie. 
Miller John, 8, Wilkesville. 



Hillsborough, April 11, 1876. 
Chillieothe, Sep. 12, 1876. 
Washington, April 10, 1877. 
New Market, Sep. 9, 1879. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 9, 1802. 
Nazareth, April, 6, 1808. 
Chillieothe, April 4, 1810. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 3, 1810. 
Manchester, Oct 3, 1811. 
Manchester, Oct. 3, 1811. 
Manchester, Oct 3, 1811. 
Buckskin, April 6, 1814. 
Concord, Oct. 11, 1814, 
West Union, April 8, 1818. 
Red Oak, April 7, 1819. 

Salem, April 5, 1820. 
Columbus, Oct. 19, 1820. 
West Union, Sep. 19, 1821 
Chillieothe, Oct. 

Hillsborough, Sep. 24, 182'^ 
West Union, April 1, 1828." 
Ripley, April 1, 1829 
Rocky Spring, July 25, 1831, 
Manchester, April 5, 1831. 
Bloomingburgh, Sep. 24, 1833. 
Hillsborough, April 5, 1836. 
Belfast, April 2, 1844. 
Sinking Spring, Sep. 8, 1846. 
Sinking Spring. Sep. 8, 1846- 
Red Oak, Sep. 7, 1847- 
Red Oak, Sep, 7, 1847. 
South Salem, April 8, 1859. 
Union, Aug. 27, 1861. 
Greenfield, April 2, 1867. 
Greenfield, Sep. 10 1871. 
Frankfort, April 11, 1871. 

Hamden, Sep. 10, 1872- 
Cincinnati, Oct. 21, 1870. 



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382 



THE HISTORY OP THE 



Matthews J. D., Frankfort. 
Matthews A. G., 3, Hillsborough 
Manara James, Bloommgburgh. 
May James, Mount Pleasant. 
McFarlin Thomas. 
McCollock Sampson. 
McCabe John, 

McClung Matthew, 3. Mr. Buchanan's House. July 25, 1804. 
McConnell John, 9, Salem and Concord. Hopewell Church, 
April 3, 1805. 



Frankfort, April 11, 1871 . 
Frankfort, April 8, 1879. 
Chillicothe, Oct. 22, 1880. 
Kingston, Sep. 14, 1888. 
Cincinnati, Oct- 7, 1800. 
Mr. Buchanan's House, July 25, 1804. 
Mr. Buchanan's House, July 25, 1804. 



McCormick John, 2. 
McPherson Adam, 2. 
McClain John, 2. 
McCoy Joseph- 
McKibben Joseph, 2. 
McMurray Joseph, Cincinnati, 
McCoy Alexander, 5, Ked Oak. 
McClelland Hugh, 2. 
McLean John, 6, Concord. 
McClean John, 6, Chillicothe First. 
McClain Archibald, 4. 
McLean Alexander, 10, (Doncord. 



Springfield, April 6, 1803- 
Cincinnati, April 2, L806. 
Lebanon, April 1, 1807. 
Nazareth, April 6, 1808. 

Bed Oak, Oct. 4, 1809. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 3, 1810. 
Hillsborough, April 3, 1811. 
Rocky Spring, June 26, 1811. 
Rocky Spring, June 26, 1811. 
Chillicothe, April 1, 1812. 
Chillicothe, April 1, 1812. 
Chillicothe, Oct. 1, 1817, 



McGarraugh Thomas, M. D., 5, (represented Fayette Co. in 
Legislature 1826-1832- 6 years Associate Judge-) Washing- 
ton, Greenland and Greenfield. West Union April 8, 1818. 

McConnell Sam'L, 9, Rocky Spring. 



Hillsborough, Sep. 24, 1822. 

Red Oak, April 5, 1825- 
Hillsborough, Oct. 5, 1830. 
Hillsborough, Oct. 4, 1831. 

Red Oak, Sep. 25, 1832- 
West Union, April 2, 1833* 
Red Oak, April 1, 1834- 



Mc Williams Philip, 28, Greenfield. 
McClean Josiah. 
McCoy John, 6, Union. 
McCoy George. 
McFaddeu Joseph. 
McClanahan John B., 2, West Union. 
McConnell James, 8, Concord. Hillsborough, June 4, 1834. 

(There was also a James McC. elder in Greenfield, from 1833.) 
McCoy James, 9, Union. 
McLean Joseph, 28, Concord. 
McMaster David. 

McClintick Jas. A., 9, New Market. 
McCluug James, 9, West Union. 
McLean John, 3. 

McClure L, S., 2, Chillicothe First. 
McCollister Charles. 



Hillsborough, June 4, 1834- 
Huntington, Jan- 21, 1835" 
Salem, Sep. 29, 1835. 
Hillsborough, April 3, 1838. 
Salem, Sep. 10, 1839. 
Concord, April 6, 1841. 
Pisgah, April 5, 1842. 
Bloommgburgh, Aug. 29, 1843. 



CHILLICOTHE PRESBYTER V. 



383 



McMillan George, Hillsborough. West Union, April 4, 1843 
McCoy Wm. K , 11, Union. Salem, Sep. 5, 1854. 

McLean Alexander, 2, Salem. Washington 0. H., April 6, 1858. 
McCoy Alexander M., 11, New Holland, and Frankfort. South 

Salem, May 1st, 1860. 
McKee Peter, 3, West Union. Union, Aug. 27, 1861. 

McCoy Samuel F., 28, Chillicothe First. Bloomingburgh, Aug. 

29, 1865. 

McPherson Robert. Bloomingburgh, Aug. 29, 1865. 

Mc Master James. Winchester, Aug. 27, 1867. 

McPherson James. Hillsborough, April 7, 1868. 

McNichol John, 5, Fall Creek, and Hillsborough. Washington, 
Aug. 30 , 1870. 

McClintock James. Greenfield, Sep. 12, 1871 . 

McCague Joseph W., 4, Chillicothe Third. Greenfield, Sep. 

12, 1873. 
McNichol Robert, 8, Fall Creek. 
McConnell John. 6, Concord. 
McCoy C, T., 8, Waverly. 
McConnell J. N., 2, Greenfield First 
Naylor John 3, Washington, Ky. 



Nelson Joseph, 2. 
Nelson Robert. 
Nelson A. 

Nebbergall Adam, 18, Pisgah. 

Nelson Marshall T,, 2, Hillsborough 

Pangbourne Hampton. 

Patton William, Chillicothe First, 

Perlee Benjamin, 

Parks Joseph. 

Pettyjohn Thomas, 2. 

Pettyjohn Amos, 2. 

Poage John C, 4. 

Porter Charles, 3. . 

Parmer Thomas. 

Poage Thomas C, 4, Hillsborough. 
Patton Samuel, 9, Chillicothe First. 
Poage Robert, 3. 
Ploom Wm. 



Bainbridge, Sep. 9, 1873- 
Kingston, April 10, 1883. 
Kingston, April 10, 1883. 
Chillicothe, April 14, 1885. 
Red Oak, April 4, 1804. 
Nazareth, April 5, 1815, 
Salem, April 5, 1820. 
West Union, April 4, 1837. 
Rocky Spring, Sep. 4, 1855. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 21, 1870. 
Red Oak, April 14, 1801. 
Buckskin, Oct. 2, 1805- 
Lebanon, Oct. 14, 1807. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 3, 1807. 
Concord, Oct. 11, 1814. 
Salem. Aug. 26. 1818, 
West Union, Sep. 19, 1821. 

Ripley, Sep. 28, 1824. 
Manchester, April 5, 1826 
Manchester, April 5, 1826] 
Red Oak, April 4, 1827. 
West Union, April 1, 1828. 
Rocky Spring, Jan. 25, 1831. 
Hillsborough, Oct. 4, 1831. 



Pettyjohn Abraham, 4. 
Pollock James, 12, Washington C. H, Georgetown, April 7, 1835. 
Price Abraham, Greenland. Salem, Sep, 10, 1839. 



384 



THE HISTORY OF THE 



Pricer David, 2(1 Salem. 
Parrett George, 6. Salem. 



West UnioD, April 4, 1843. 
Bloomingburgh, Aug. 29, 1843. 



Purely Thomas F., 16, New Market, 
Pinkerton Wm., 28, Bloom in gburgh 
Potter John, 6, West Union. 
Phelps O. J. 
Porter J. 2. 

Pinkerton Joseph, Bloomingburgh . 
Pinkerton J.M. 
Pricer Levi, 7, Salem, 
Parrett S, J„ 26, Salem. 
Parrott Joseph, Washington. 
Purely Wro., 6, New Market. 
Platter P., 11, Chillicothe Third. 
Pinkerton W. M , 3, Bloomingburgh 
Payne Bennett R., 3, Hamden. 



Belfast, April 2, 1844- 
Chillicothe, April 6, 1846. 
Hillsborough, Sep. 6, 1848. 

Piketon, June 4, 1850. 
Bainbridge, April 21, 1857. 
South Salem, May 1, I860- 
Greenfield, April 2, 1861. 
Hillsborough, April 1, 1862. 
Hillsborough, April I, 1862. 
South Salem, April 13. 1869. 

Bainbridge, Aug. 31, 1869. 
Wash. C. H., Aug. 30, 1870 
Dayton, Oct, 17, 1874. 
Wash. C. H., April 10. 1877. 
New Market, Sep, 9, 1879. 



Pangburn S. S„ 5, Hillsborough. 
Purdy R. L.,New Market. Bloomingburgh, Sep. 11. 1883. 

Pricer Robert A., Chillicothe Third. Concord, Sep. 9, 1884. 

Parshall James, New Petersburg. Greenfield, April 13, 1886. 



Robinson Robert, 6. 
Reeder David, 2. 
Robb Robert 3. 
Reeder Joseph, 3. 
Robins Daniel. 
Reeder Jesse- 
Reeder Daniel, 2. 



Washington, Ky., Oct, 24, 1799 
Orangedale, Nov. 15, 1799. 
Cabin's Creek, April 8, 1800. 
Cincinnati, Oct, 6, 1802. 
Springfield, (Springdale.) April 6. 1803. 

Cincinnati, April 2, 1806. 
Lebanon, Oct. 14, 1807. 



*Rounceville Richard, 6, Turtle Creek. Red Oak, Oct. 4, 1809- 



Reed Wm., 3, Franklinfcon- 
Robinson J ames, 4. 
Robb Wm. 

Robinson Joshua, 20, Union. 
Reese Amos, 2. 
Reed Samuel, 5. 
Robinson Thomas, 5, Marshall. 
Rogers Thomas, 16, Rocky Spring. 
Ritter H. D-, Washington C. H. 
Rea Andrew J.. 2, Winchester. 
Robinson W., 4, Washington C. H. 
Richard Fred, French Church. 



Franklinton, June 10, lolO. 
Rocky Spring, June 26, 1813. 
Red Oak, April 3, 1816. 
Chillicothe, April 3, 1832. 
Hillsborough, June 4, 1834. 
Waverly, Aug. 30, 1842, 
West Union, April 4,1843. 
Bainbridge, June 1, 1852. 
Hillsborough, April 4, 1854. 
Winchester, June 4, 1863. 
Bainbridge, Aug. 31, 1869. 
Bainbridge, Aug. 31, 1879. 



^Spelled abo Roun Seville and Rounseval. 



OHILLICOTHE PRESBYTERY. 



385 



Ross William, 14, Frankfort.. Washington C. H., Aug. 30, 1870, 
Robins William. Washington C. H., Aug.' 1, 1871, 

Russell Georsre, 2. Bainbridge, Sep'. 9, 1873. 

Rosselot George, 6, French. Dayton, Oct. 17, 1874. 

Robinson J. P., 3, Wash. C. H. Hillsborough, April 11, 1876. 
Russell Joseph. North Fork, July 13, 1880. 

Rogers Thomas D., 4. Greenfield First. Chillicothe Third, 

April 11, 1882. 
Rosselot P, S., French Church. 
Rogers Adolph, T., 2, Hillsborough. 
Rosselot G. F., 3, French Church. 
Roberts J. P., White Oak. 
Sroff Sebastian, 3. 
Shepherd Charles. 



Hillsborough. Sep. 8, 1885. 
Greenfield. April 13, 1886. 
Kingston, Sep. 14, 1886. 
Concord, Sep. 11, 1888. 
Johnston's Fork, April 9, 1799. 
Washington, Ky., April 13, 1802, 



Shepherd Isaac, 2. 
Stockton David- 
Salisbury Samuel, 5, Red Oak. 
Scott James . 
Skinner Daniel. 

Strain Samuel, 6, Rocky Spriug. 
Stewart James, 20, Bloomingburgh 

Chillicothe, Oct. 17, 1815. 
Swan John, 6, Salem. 
Salisbury J ames, 5, Red Oak, 
Snyder Henry, Washington C. H. 
Shelly day Douglas B., 3. 
Stewart Wilson, 4, Greenfield. 
Smith Robert, 7, New Market, 
Shepherd Abraham, 4. 
Shepherd John, 17, Red Oak. 
Shepherd Jacob, 14, Red Oak. 
Strain John R„ 8, Rocky Spring. 
Smith Caleb, 5. 
Stevenson Thomas, 8, Pisgah. 
Snediker Garrett, 4, Georgetown. 
Stewart Robert, 9, Concord. 
Stitt Moses, 10, Bloomingburgh. 
Steele Robert, Salem- 
Smith Joseph P., 9, Union . 
Scott Saterfield, 5, Salem. 
Stevenson Charles, 4. 

43 



Red Oak, April 4. 1804. 
Cincinnati, April 2, 1806. 
Chillicothe, Oct. 1, 1806. 
Buckskin, April 5, 1809. 
Chillicothe, April 4, 1810- 
Cincinnati, Oct. 3, 1810. 
and Washington C. H. 



West Unioo, April 8, 1818. 
Salem, Aug. 26, 1818. 
Salem, Aug. 26, 1818. 
Hillsborough, Sep. 29, 1819. 
Hillsborough, April 3, 1821. 
West Union, Sep. 19, 1821. 
Concord; April 3, 1822. 
Bloomingburgh, Sep. 27, 1826. 
West Uuiottv Aprii, 1828 
Ripley, April 1, 1829. 
West Union, April 6, 1830. 
Hillsborough, Oct 4, 1831. 
Chillicothe, April 3, 1832. 
Red Oak, Sep. 25, 1832. 
Hillsborough, June 4, 1834* 
Salem, Sep. 29, 1835. 
Bloomingburgh, Sep. 12, 1837. 
Ripley, Sep. 11, 1838 
Ripley, Sep. 11, 1838- 



THE HISTORY OF THE* 



Steel James C, Salem. 
Steen J. W. 5 2. 
Sharp William, 2. 
Steen Aaron F., 7. 
Scott James. 3. 

Seymour Aaron W., 20, Bainbridge 
Scott John, 3. 



Strain A. M. 

Smith Robinson, Pisgah. 
Stitt James, 4. 
Story Robert, 4, 
Storer William, 2, Belfast. 
Shoemaker Daniel. 
Shepherd Johnson, 2. 
Snediker George, 3. 
Stewart H. C, 6, Bloomingburgh . 
Steel Thomas, 5, Chillicothe First. 
Scott James, 2. 
Steen M. 
Smith Joseph. 
Steel John, 22, North Fork. 
Stewart Samuel, Greenfield. 
Steel James, 22, North Fork. 
Strain Allen, 5, New Petersburg. 



Belfast, April 2. 1844, 
Hillsborough, Sep. 6. 1848 
Eckmansville, Sep. 4, 1849. 
Bloomingburgh, April 2, 1850. 

Union, Sep. 2, 1851. 
Marshall, April 6, 1852. 
New Market, Sep. 6, 1853. 
Greenfield, Apri] 15, 1856. 
Pisgah, June 3, 1856. 
Marshall, Sep. 1, 1857. 
Washington C. H.. April 6, 1858. 
Mount Leigh, Sep. 7, 1858. 
South Salem, April 8, 1859. 
South Salem, April 8, 1859. 
West Union, Sep. 6, 1859, 
Marshall, April 10, 1860. 
Red Oak, Aug. 28, I860. 
Red Oak, August 28, 1860 
Greenfield, April 2, 1861. 
Union, August 27, 1861. 
Winchester, August 27, 1867. 
Winchester, Aug. 27, 1867. 
Hillsborough, April 7, 1868- 
Concord, Sep. 1, 1868. 
Chillicothe, Oct, 16, 1868. 



Stitt Moses, 10, Union. 
Shannon R. W., M. D., 7, Mt. Pleasant. Cincinnati, Oct. 21, 1870. 
Sturgeon John, 2, Frankfort, Greenfield, Sep 12, 1871. 

Stewart Joseph C, Wilkesville. Greenfield, April 8, 1873. 

Spetnagel Theodore, 11, Chillicothe First. Kingston, Apr. 14, 1*74. 
Sowerby George, 5, Mona. Wilkesville, Sep. 14, 1875. 

Storer W. H., 2, Belfast. Washington C. H., April 10, 1877. 

Stewait George, 5, Bloomingburgh. Greenfield, April 13, 1880. 
Strain S. M., 3, New Petersburgh. Hillsborough, April 12, 1881, 
Steel John R., 2, Wilkesville. Bloomingburgh, Sep. 11, 1883. 
Strausburgh Peter, Wilkesville. Bloomingburgh, Sep 11, 1883. 
Steel James G, 3, Bourneville. Washington C. H., April 8, 1884- 
Strain Milton, New Petersburgh. Chillicothe, April 14, 1885. 
Tullis Aaron, 2, Turtle Creek. Cincinnati, Oct. 7, 1800. 

Tichenor Jonathan. Lebanon, April 1, 1801. 

Taylor William, 5, Salem. Rocky Spring. April 7, 1813. 



Tweed Samuel, 2, 



Washington, Ky., Oct. 5, 1813. 



Templin Salmon, 5, Hillsborough. Rocky Spring, Aug. 6, 1817. 



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Templin Isaac, 3, Bloomingburgh and Washington C. H. Con- 
cord, April 3, 1822- 

Thompson John, 3, Chillicothe First. Hillsborough, Sep, 24, 1822. 

Templin Terah, 6, Hillsborough and Marshall. Greenfield, 
April 1, 1823. 

Thompson James, 3, Straight Creek. West Union, Sep. 29, 1829. 
Taylor Boston, 4. Bloomingburgh, Sep. 24, 1833. 

Taylor Price, 30, Bainbridge. Salem, Sep. 29, 1835. 

Templin James, 5, Greenland. Greenfield, April 2, 1839. 

Templeton Robert, 14, Greenfield First. Chillicothe, Apr. 6, 1846. 
Taylor Eliphaz, 2, Washington C. H. Cynthiana, Sep. 3, 1850. 
Thomas William, 35, Pisgah. Bloomingburgh, Sep. 2, 1856. 
Templin Eli, 17, Marshall. Hillsborough, Sep. 29, 1859. 

Templin Robert R. Washington C. H., Aug. 30, 1870. 

Throckmorton N„ Mount Pleasant. Bloomingburgh, April 13, 
1875. 

Thomas M. D., 3, Fall Creek. Hillsborough, April 11, 1876- 
Tissot Emile, 4, French. New Market, Sep. 9, 1879. 

Teenor J„ Wilmington. New Market, Sep. 9, 1879. 

Thomas John. North Fork, July 13, 1880. 

Templeton J. B., Greenfield. Columbus, Oct. 18, 1882. 

ITstick Wm. A., 21, Bloomingburgh and Washington C- H. 

W 7 est Union, April 2, 1833. 
Ustick George M., Washington C. H- Chillicothe, April 14, 1885. 
Vanhorn Joseph, 2. Straight Creek, August 28, 1805. 

Vorhis Ralph, 6. Lebanon, Oct. 14,1807. 

Vhores Garrett, Cincinnati. Buckskin, April 5, 1809. 

Vorries Wm. M., West Union. Hillsborough, Oct. 4, 1831. 

Vandeman Isaac C, 14, Washington C. H. Chillicothe, Oct. 16, 

1868. 

Wheeler Stephen, 3. Cincinnati, Oct. 6, 1802. 

Wilson Wm., 3, Rocky Spring. Springfield, Apr. 6, 1803. 

Whitaker Jonathan, 3. Red Oak, April 4, 1804. 

Willis Stephen, 4. Red Oak, April 4, 1809, 

*W T ilson James, 23, Salem. Hillsborough, April 3, 1811. 

White Alexander, Hillsborough, Chillicothe, April 1, 1812. 

Watts James, 2, Rocky Spring. Washington, Ky., Oct. 5, 1813. 
Waddle Samuel, 6, Washington, Salem, April 5, 1820 

Ware Frederick, 4, Concord. Columbus, Oct. 19, 1820. 

Walke Anthony, 10. (Represented Ross county in Legislature, 



* Wilson James drop? out awhile and then in Sep., 1838, begins and afterward one* 
there is James Wilson. Sen. — so there mutt have been two, whifih 1 cannot distinguish. 



THE HISTORY OF THE 



1831.) Chillicothe First. > Manchester, A prif 5, 1826, 

Waddle John, 4, Greenfield. Ripley, April 1, 1829. 

Wilson Aaron, 3, Russelville, Manchester, April 5, 1831. 

Wilson Robert, 6, Salem. Chillicothe, Oct. 10, 1832. 

Wilson Adam B., 13, Greenfield First. Salem, Sep. 29, 1835. 
Wilson John, 2. Hillsborough, April 5, 183(> 

Wise Henry. Hillsborough, April 3, 1838. 

Wilson Wm,, 5, Rocky Spring. Ripley, Sep. 11, 1838, 

Wilson Joseph H., 7, Rocky Spring. Pisgah, April 5, 1842, 

Wilson Thomas, 12. Waverly, Aug. 30, 1842. 

Wills David, M. D., 4, Chillicothe First. Chillicothe, Apr. 6, 1846. 



Ware George, 13, Concord- 
Wallace James A., 25, Salem. 
Williams Sanford, 6. 
Walker John H., 11. 
Wilson James H., 6. 
Wilson James N., 6, Wash. C, H. 
Wilson James, Sen., Cynthiana. 
Williams Theophilus, 2, Marshall. 
Watt Alexander. 
Wilson Alfred L , 10, Salem. 
Wilson Enos, 2, Cynthiana. 
Wilson Charles, 4, Hillsborough, 
Wise C. F., New Fetersburgh. 



Hillsborough, Sep. 6, 1848. 
Cynthiana, Sep. 3, 1850. 
Cynthiana, Sep. 3, 1850. 

Union, Sep. 2, 1851. 
Greenfield April 5, 1853. 
Greenfield, April 5, 1853- 
South Salem, April 30, 1861. 
Red Oak, Aug. 28, 1869. 
Greenfield, Nov. 1, 1870. 
Greenfield, Feb. 28, 1871. 
Frankfort. April 11, 1871. 
South Salem, April 9, 1872. 
Greenfield, April 13, 1880. 
Springfield, Oct. 21, 1881. 



Wright Stewart V., 8, Salem 
White Rob. Cushing, 2, Concord. Chillicothe Third, Apr. 11, 1882. 
Wilson James, Cynthiana. South Salem, Sep. 12, 1882. 

W T elsh James McL., 7, Chillicothe Third. Bloomingburgh, 
Sep. 11/ 1883. 

Wilson Charles M., M. D., 2, Washington C. H. Greenfield, 

April 13, 1886. . 
Ware George, Jr., Concord. 
Wilson S. C, Bainbridge. 
Wilson A. M., Greenfield. 
Williams Daniel, Marshall, 
Yeats Joseph . 
Young Thomas, 2. 
Young A. W., 2. 



Bloomingburgh, Apr. 10, 1888. 
Bloomingburgh, April 10, 1888. 

Concord, Sep, 11, 1888. 
Washington C. H., April 9, 1889. 
Red Oak, April 14, 1801. 
Ripley, April 1, 1829. 
Red Oak, Aug 28, 1866. 



0 H 1 1 j L 1 0 O THE FKESB Y TEK Y . 



389 



The Woman's Preskyterial Missionary Society. 

In accordance with the recommendation of the Presbytery of 
Chillicothe, on Sept. 8, 1875, a convention of ladies was held in the 
First Presbyterian Church of Chillicothe, for the purpose of or- 
ganizing a Woman's Presbyterial Missionary Society. Mrs. Rev. 
George Carpenter of Washington C. EL, was elected to preside, and 
Mrs. A. L. Evans, (now Mrs. Gov. Hart,) Secretary. By special in- 
vitation, Mrs. Rev. Nathan Smith stated the object of the meeting 
and the advantages and necessities of a woman's organization for 
the carrying on to completeness the Home and Foreign Missionary 
work. After other short addresses, "The Woman's Chillicothe Pres- 
byterial Society" was formally organized, sixteen churches being rep- 
resented; viz: Bloomingburgh, represented by Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. 
Steel and Wrs. Shell barger; Concord, by Miss Gage and Miss 
Lucas; Chillicothe First by Mrs. Sill and Mrs. S. F. McCoy; Chilli- 
cothe Third, by Mrs. Peter Platter; Greenfield, by Mrs. Bush, Miss 
Smith and Miss Collier; Greenland, by Mrs. Clifton; Hillsborough, 
by Mrs. Dr. Steel and Mrs. Evans; Mount Pleasant, at Kingston, by 
Mrs. James May ; Marshall, by Miss Smith and Miss Bond: Memo- 
rial Church, Massieville, by Miss Renick and Miss Lunbeck; North 
Fork, by Mrs. Steel; Salem, by Mrs. Vandeman, Mrs. Kline and Miss 
Parrett; Union, by Mrs. Stitt and Miss Eastman; Wilkesville, by 
Mrs. Warren Taylor and Mrs. Deemer. The devotional exercises of 
this meeting were conducted by Mrs. Irwin Carson. A committee 
was appointed: Mrs. Rev. Clark Kendall, Mrs. Sill and Miss Gage, 
to draft a constitution. An essay was read by Miss Annie Us tick: 
"Why should Christian women work for heathen women!" giving 
point and aim to the object before the meeting. Miss Everett of 
the Syrian Mission addressed the convention, after which officers for 
the year were elected: President, Mrs. George Carpenter; Vice 
Presidents, Mrs. R. K. Campbell, Mrs. Warren Taylor, Mrs. W. J. 
McSurely, Mrs. A. Seymour, Mrs. James May, Mrs George M. Us- 
tick and Miss M. A. Gage; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Annie 
Uatick; Recording Secretary, Mrs. H. W. Biggs; Treasurer, Mrs. 
Peter Platter. It was resolved that this society co-operate as auxil- 
iary with the N. Y. Ladies' Board. 

The first annual meeting was held in the Third Church, 
Chillicothe, Sep. 13, 1876, at which 16 societies w^re represented and 
enrolled- The address of welcome was given by Mrs. M. R. Bartlett. 
who was also elected Treasurer, which office she filled for three years. 
Letters were read from Miss Mary Cort, of Siam; from Mrs. Graham, 
of Utah, pleading for the Mormon women and children, and from 



390 THE HISTORY OF THE 

Miss Grand Girard, of Highland Institute, urging the need for a 
Home for the children of missionaries: all of which letters created 
much interest and sympathy. Miss Noyes, of Canton, China, was 
present and gave an account of the progress of the work in the 
the field. 

January 19, 1876, the executive committee met at Dr. Duniap's, 
in GreeLfield, at which time it was resolved that, the Presbyterial 
unite in the support of Miss Jennie Nelson as our foreign missionary. 

The Annual of 1877 was in Greenfield, and there were delegates 
present from 15 societies. Two interesting features of the meeting 
were the presence and address of Miss Rankin, the pioneer of 
Mexican missionary work and in service there for twenty years, and 
the Misses Maggie and Addie Ramsey, daughters of the Rev. J. R. 
Ramsey, of the Seminole mission, whose aim had always been the 
mission work, as soon as their educational training under Miss Grand 
Girard was complete. At this time, after deciding to date the fiscal 
year of this society, from March to March, to agree with that of the 
Boards, it was also decided, after the next meeting, to hold the 
Annuals, in the Spring. To the sincere regret of the society, 
Mrs. Carpenter and Miss Ustick offered their resignations and in 
accepting them the following was adopted: "Whereas, our indefati- 
gable President, Mrs- George Carpenter, and our worthy Corres- 
ponding Secretary Miss Annie E. Ustick, have declined serving 
longer: Resolved; That we accept, with unfeigned reluctance, their 
resignation, recognizing the unusual duties, and peculiar responsi- 
bilities which have devolved upon them, and the personal reasons for 
the step. We would also express our sense of obligation to Mrs- 
Carpenter for all she has been to us, and our gratitude to Him who 
guides all things that, during this, the formative period of our 
existence, one so well fitted to lead and to mould, to plan and to exe- 
cute, was granted to us, and we would assure Mrs. Carpenter and 
Miss Ustick that we shall continue to cherish the respect, sympathy 
and love, which have been awakened, and shall ever pray that Heav- 
en's richest blessings may rest upon them and their labors. 

[Signed.] Mrs. M. R. Bartlett, 

Mrs. E. M. Carson, 
Mrs H. W. Biggs, 
Miss M. A. Gage, 
Miss M. E. Collier. 

Committee. 

Mrs. Dr. H. W. Biggs was chosen President and Mrs. Lulu Rob- 
inson, Secretary. 



Miss Jennie Nelson. 

rs/Lissionary to India. 



OflttLIOOtHE PRlfiSBYtERY, H91 

At the meeting of 1878, held in Hillsborough, much sadness 
was caused by the precarious health of Miss Jennie Nelson, who had 
been adopted as missionary, and whose work in India had been 
greatly blessed in her own school and among the poor lepers also. 
The burden of prayer was for Miss Nelson, and the longing was great 
that she might be enabled to return to India, where her heart was. 

For the following I am indebted to Dr. McSurely: 

Jane A. Nelson, daughter of John M. Nelson and Mary L. 
Trimble, was born July 7th, 1832, at Hillsboro, Ohio. She comes of 
a family honored and influential in the Hillsboro church. Her 
father was a deacon. Her brother John F. Nelson is a deacon, and 
her brothers James A. and Marshal T- Nelson were ruling elders. 

Miss Nelson graduated at the Oakland Female Seminary, in 
Hillsboro, in 1850. For some years she taught very acceptably in 
Cooper Institute, at Dayton. Ohio. While there she was specially 
active in Sabbath School work among the colored people, and also as 
a visitor to the prisons. In 1878, she wen\ as a Missionary to India, 
and was stationed at Dehra, Lahore and Woodstock. In all these 
places she labored very faithfully and successfully, until in 1878, she 
was obliged by failing health to return Her knowledge of music, 
her intelligence, and sprightliness, and affability, and zeal, and de- 
votion made her a very interesting and useful woman. She was 
most highly esteemed by all who knew her, and, unconsciously to 
herself, exercised a great influence over them. In her large-hear ted- 
ness, her tact, and her piety, she was a born Missionary. 

At this time the foreign work was changed from the New York 
Board to the Woman's Foreiga Missionary Society of Philadelphia. 
An interesting paper, "Incidents in Miss Nelson's Missionary Life" 
was read by Miss Grand Girard. Dr. Jessup, of Beirut, was present 
at this meeting. 

In April, 1879, Miss Maggie Ramsey was adopted as the Foreign 
Missionary of the Presbyterial Society, Miss Nelson's ill health having 
caused^ her withdrawal from the work. Miss Maggie had sung her 
way, into all hearts, at an earlier meeting. This year the meeting 
was held in Washington G . H. The society was much encouraged 
by the report of newly formed Mission Bands and Branches. Good 
old Dr. Bushnell and his wife were there. He was on his last vaca- 
tion from his work in Africa, looking for recruits and for some one 
to fill his place. Alas, that they were only found when the grave 
held his worn out body. Mrs. Dr. Kumler. then of Cincinnati, was 
also present, and urgently pressed the necessity for growth in 
knowledge. If workers would grow in missionary grace, they must 



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read missionary literature and know what is needed and what they 
are trying to do. Mrs. Rev. McMullin. of Oircleville, made a beauti- 
ful address. In the midst of earnest plans for work, there was 
again a call for sadness in the death of Miss Annie Ustick, who had 
been most active, from the beginning, as an officer and helper, most 
efficient. Resolutions "in memoriam" were offered by Miss Gage 
and adopted with silent prayer. At this meeting Mrs. Ferris was 
elected Treasurer. 

In 1880, the Rev. Mr. Dunlap, from Siam, was at the Annual, a 
well attended - earnest meeting, held in Kingston. He had with him 
a little Siamese girl named Lucy, whom the Y. L. Branch of the 
First Church, Chillieothe, have since had under their educating care. 

The sixth Annual was held in Chillieothe, April 20, 1881, and, 
for the first time, without any missionary help. The ladies of the 
Presbyterial were quite equal to the occasion- A paper was read on 
the Creek Mission by Miss Lilian Denton, one of Miss Grand 
Girard's pupils. She also sang in the Creek language, and wearing 
their costume. She was preparing to become a missionary among 
the Creeks, her own people. Since then she has realized her desire 
and, during the year of 1887, the Presbyterial Society sent means to 
aid in the erection of a school building in Tulsa, her missionary 
home. In the evening there was an excellent address by the Rev. J, 
L. Perry on "The Light of Asia." 

In Greenfield, April 19, 1882, sixteen societies were represented 
and among those present were the Misses Lennington, daughters of 
a missionary at Rio Clara, Brazil. They furnished a very interesting 
paper on "Life in Brazil." The Rev. Mr. Butler, of Ningpo, China, 
was present and gav^ short talks, during the day and evening, with 
the map of China before him. The original of the map had been 
made by the Jesuits 110 years previous. He spoke of Ningpo, a 
province the size of the State of Ohio, with 26 millions of people and 
77 walled cities, and referred to the mission of Nanking held for the 
past two years by one solitary woman. Honor to her name, # and the 
brave Christian loyal heart of Mrs. Albert Whiting. 

The Mormon work and outlook was treated in a paper by Mrs. 
George M. Ustick, and from this time there has been a new interest 
in that department of the Home work. Mrs- Dr. Biggs took her 
leave of the Society, as its President, much to the regret of the mem- 
bers and Mrs. G. M Ustick was elected her successor. 

The eighth Aunual, in 1883, brought the ladies to Hillsbor- 
ough again and with them Mrs. Charles Walker, one of the secreta- 
ries of the N. 5 Y. Ladies' Board, also Mrs. Dr, Kumler and the Rev* 



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393 



Mr. Thack well of India. The repoit of the work of the different 
auxiliaries was usually given tersely, by one of the delegates. At 
this meeting, that of the Hillsborough Society was given in full by 
that mother in Israel, and in missionary work, Mrs. Gen. Gr. McDow- 
ell, who added words of advice and instruction in a gilded setting of 
kindly wisdom. Since then the busy hands and kindly voice have 
gone into a higher field of labor and love. The children's band had 
an interesting missionary exercise, under charge of Mrs. Dill and 
while the evening previous had been devoted to hearing Mr. Thack- 
well and Mrs. Walker, the evening, concluding the regular meeting, 
was given to a social reception held at the parsonage, and much 
enjoyed. 

Washington C- H. had the next meeting, beginning with a pub- 
lic service on the eve of April 15, 1884. Mrs. Sill, of Chillicothe, gave 
a "Review of the past fifty years of missionary work,'* and Mrs. True, 
of Japan, made an address giving special information concerning 
the work in Tokio. During the meeting of the next day, the closing 
public work of Mrs. Agnes Wells' life was given in a paper: "Home 
obstacles to missionary labor." Mrs. De Golyer, of Cincinnati, gaye 
a new impetus to the Young Ladies' Branches. To close the meet- 
ing, a social reunion was held in the evening, at the Rev. Mr. 
Carpenter's. 

One of the most delightful of all these Annuals was the 10th, at 
the Concord church, later in the year than usual, June 3rd and 4th, 
1885. Here everyone in the neighborhood seemed to have given up 
home cares and duties, to entertain the Presbjterial Society. Din- 
ner and supper were served in the dining room of the church and 
the lovely building, with its beautiful floral ornaments, was crowded 
all the time. The Rev. Samuel L. Gillespie, missionary in Box 
Elder, Utah, was present among the friends of his boyhood days. 
His depictions of life in Utah, especially of a Gentile's life, were 
most vivid, and his startling pictures of the infamy and degradation 
of women under the Mormon rule, appealed to the sympathies of the 
whole convention . Miss Mary Cort, of Petchabnri, Siam, was also 
at Concord, and a rare treat it was to see and hear her. / A "Confer- 
ence Hour" was introduced and one, two or three minutes, made 
use of, by different persons, in a few thoughts, words of prayer, 
praise, or Bible text recited. "A trip around the world," with five 
minute calls at each place, was given by the young folks, and excel- 
lent music was interspersed during the day and evening. 

The Decennial meeting was held at Chillicothe, in the First 
church, April 21st and 22nd, 1886 : the Rev. Dr. Biggs presided at 

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the evening meeting and made one of his characteristic, pithy, and 
and genial addresses- He was followed by the Rev. Dr. Stratton, of 
Circleville, and Mrs. Hamlin, then of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Ustick. 
who read a paper on "Freedxnen," prepared by Mrs. Dr. A. A. E. 
Taylor. The morning prayer meeting, of the next day. was led by 
Mrs. Southward, of Greenfield. Fifty-one delegates reported at 
roll call. The opening prayer was offered by 'Mrs. Dr. Nathan Smith 
of Columbus, who had aided at the organization of this Society. At 
this Remembrance meeting, the old friends were gathered as fully as 
they could be. The annual report of the Treasurer gave a total of 
11758, and the decennial report showed that 115,343.23 had been 
contributed to Mission work during the ten years of the life of the 
Society. The Recording and Corresponding Secretaries presented 
very graphic and encouraging reports, and showed especially the 
Missionary Spirit that had been evolved in the churches of the Pres- 
bytery. Letters were read from Miss Everett, in Syria, Miss Byers, 
Home Missionary in Utah whom the society was partly supporting, 
and Mrs. Magsrie Ramsey Candor, the foreign missionary, in Bogota. 
Special prayer followed the reading of these letters- Cordial 
greetings were sent to the Woman's Board of the North West, in 
convention the same day in Indianapolis. Mrs. McSurely presented 
a paper: "A brief retrospect of the past ten years of work, as a Pres- 
byterial." The Rev Dr. Galbraith one of the friends who had made 
an address at the organization, gave the convention fifteen minutes 
full of good things, above all else showing the honor it was to be a 
christain woman, doing a christian woman's work. Mrs. Hamlin 
led the devotional exercises of the afternoon, after which, in the elec- 
tion of officers, Mrs. Ustick declining re-election, Miss Grand Girard 
was chosen President. It was an honor to the Society that such a 
rare woman should be its President. It was urged in the decennial 
meeting that the Home funds should be concentrated, as much as 
possible towards Miss Byer's salary, (1450,) which the Presbyterial 
hoped ultimately to pay entirely and also to raise at least one schol- 
arship ($45) for the Mary Allen Seminary, Crockett, Texas- 

An excellently written memorial paper prepaid by Mrs. Dr. 
Biggs was a sad reminder of fifty-five sister workers who had been 
called up higher, during these ten years. Mrs. Dr. Nathan Smith 
made an address, touching on the past, its anxieties and successes, 
and ringing with prophecies for the accomplishments of the future. 
The praise meeting was the heartsome part of the afternoon, filled 
with thoughts of praise and thanksgiving and prayer from a large 
number of the delegates present; then there was a brief talk from 



CJHILLICOTHE PRESBYTERY. 395 

Mrs. Drais, President of the Methodist Chillicothe District S-ociety. 
Concluding the Praise Hour, was the Free Will offering, a decenuia* 
tribute, which was brought forward, by the representatives of the 
several auxiliaries, and laid upon the table, as the voice of the 
bringer repeated a chosen passage of Scripture. Hearts were touched 
and eyes moistened as some of the steps were so feeble and the aged 
voices so trembled; yet above the human weakness was a joy shining 
out, in this little service for Christ. The offering $323. 30 was equally 
divided between the Home and Foreign General funds. After a 
very pleasant entertainment, given by the children, Miss Nellie 
Vause, President of the "Young Ladies' Branch of the First Church, 
Chillicothe," opened the "Young Ladies' Hour," with delegates pres- 
ent from six societies. They gave a prepared Eesponsive Reading 
of great interest; then Mrs. Hamlin gave a short address especially 
for the benefit of the young ladies, and the hour closed with recita- 
tions and music. The retiring President gave words of encourage- 
ment and advice, also thanks to the Presbyterial for standing by her 
side so faithfully, during the time of her service. Resolutions of 
thanks were given to the friends and helpers of Chillicothe, and 
with prayer, praise and benediction the Society adjourned. A social 
evening was spent in the church parlors, finishing up the business 
and pleasure of the day . 

One year later and a large number of the same persons were 
gathered in the first week of April, 1887, in Bloomingburgh Presby- 
terian church, for another meeting. Miss Grand Girard presiding- 
The salarv of the teacher at Box Elder was pledged ($450) and a 
little later, by action of the Executive Committee, $100 was pledged 
for part of the salary of the matron in Mary Allen Seminary. This 
year's report was the largest yet made; the total amount, Home 
and Foreign and "Box-work" was $2,232. Up to this time although 
there had been some changes, some dropping out, some uniting, 
altogether there had been 20 societies, and fourteen bands and 
branches during the twelve years of the life of the Presbyterial. 
The President made a very interesting address on the life of Mrs. 
Janvier, for many years a missionary in India, and whose husband 
was murdered there, at a heathen fete. Mrs. Sharpless, of Bain- 
bridge, answered the question: "Why is this a crisis in Mission 
Work?" Mrs Norman Jones the question: "How can each woman 
help in this crisis?" The "Conference Hour," was full to overflow- 
ing with prayerful thought and apt quotations, interspersed with 
songs of praise. Miss Grand Girard, owing to her many duties 
and the state of her health, declined re-election and Mrs. George 



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M. Ustick was again chosen President. Mrs. Maggie Ramsey Can- 
dor was present and the great joy of the meeting was in hearing her 
tell of her work in Bogota and other cities in South America. "A 
plea of nations'' was given by seven young ladies, representing 
Mexico, China, India, America, Isles of the Sea and Africa- These 
were delegates from the Young Ladies' Branches and appeared in 
costume. The Rev, Mr. Labaree, from Persia, made an address 
specially regarding the translations that have been made, and his 
efforts in that line. Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Candor gave concluding 
music and the Society adjourned to hold the next year's meeting in 
Kingston. For the above I am indebted to the kindness of Mrs. 
George M. Ustick, whose interesting account I have, however, taken 
the liberty of abridging very slightly, 

The following is from Miss Mary A. Gage, who from the begin- 
ning of the society has been among its earnest supporters and most 
efficient officers. In the decennial report that she made at the meet- 
ing in the First church of Chillicothe, she speaks of their first meet- 
ing at the same place when the ladies at the request of the Presby- 
tery and on the invitation of the ladies of the first Church, Chilli- 
cothe, met Sep. 8th and 9th, 1875. "For what?" We hardly knew 
ourselves. We only knew our Master had need of us, even us; but it 
almost seemed a plunge into darkness. Looking back, we can now 
see, that while God was bidding us lighten darkened corners and 
hearts, he was, at the same time, leading us, step by step, out of 
the darkness into his unfathomable light, and we can only exclaim : 
'•What hath God wrought!" "not unto us, but unto his name be all 
the glory." 

Our decade separates itself into two parts. The first five years 
were formative. We had to create our rnachiuery, to arrange, re-ar- 
range and adjust so as to secure the largest results, with the least 
friction and the smallest expenditure of time, strength and means. 
There were many difficulties to be met and overcome, not merely as 
to the how, but the why. What need was there for women's socie- 
ties? Were not the old and regular channels sufficient? Would 
this movement result in anything more than division and lessened 
established church contributions? Would our annual meeting and 
other necessary additional expenses pay financially? Could the 
women transact business as well, and handle money as economically 
as their more experienced brothers? Could busy housewives and 
overtaxed mothers spend the time and strength, required in this 
work, without neglecting all important duties? Nothing is so con- 
vincing as success itself; these and many other questions were 



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397 



long since satisfactorily answered. We bad to become acquainted 
with ourselves and with each other- We knew but little of the needs 
and nature of the work undertaken. Not only the church generally, 
but the whole community looked with curious gaze upon us. We 
had voices, but some of us had to' learn to use them by the hardest; 
there were sealed lips to be opened in prayer, God only knows what 
that cost; pens untouched, the takiug up of which, for Christ, caused 
many a mental and spiritual struggle. The incrustation of mission- 
ary ignorauce, and* consequent indifference, or even opposition, had 
to be broken up; and strength for such efforts came only by prayer 
and fasting. But there was the glow of newborn zeal and love, the 
enthusiasm of visible progress, and the conviction that it was Gods 
voice calling us into new, untrodden paths. This was pre-eminently 
the time for seed sowing. The foreign missionaries, at our annual 
meetings, aided us much by their presence and talks. 

A few months after our organization, Mr. Myers, from Northern 
India, two years later Miss Rankin, of "Twenty years in Mexico," and 
as our semi-decade closed, Miss Loving, of Syria, instructed and 
cheered us. Another educational force was found in the extra, spe- 
cial calls responded to, as a Presbyterial : 1st; a carriage, for our mis- 
sionary, Miss Jennie Nelson, for which two hundred dollars were 
secured, After Miss Nelson's release from missionary work, the 
carriage was transferred to the mission and was much prized by the 
remaining members. Thea there was bii3y work in preparing the 
Christmas box for the hundreds of heathen and Moslem boys that 
Miss Nelson was trying, by song, to bring to Christ, at Lahore, India; 
and two thousand caps, as many bags and chromos, engravings, tops, 
marbles, knives, etc., were sent and greatly enjoyed by teachers and 
scholars. Last, but not least, our semi-decade went out freighted 
with a general and hearty response* to our Board's appeal for its 
decennial thank offerings. 

Our first year, we accepted Miss Jennie Nelson as ow mission- 
ary, rather as an e-Jucational force, for our contributions were so 
scattering that only a small portion of her salary was ever paid 
by this Presbyterial. But, by the fifth year, we were a thoroughly 
organized body and sufficiently unified to pay the outfit, traveling 
expenses and salary of our second missionary, Miss Maggie Ramsey, 
(now Mrs. Candor.) who had just graduated from the "Highland 
Institute," to Wewoka, Indian Territory. When the convention met 
to organize the Presbyterial, five church societies were already actively 
engaged in mission work. Three of these, namely : Hillsborough, 
Greenfield and Chillicothe b ecame auxiliary to the Presbyterial, at 



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once; Bloomingburgh, two years later, while South Salem remains 
independent. The three societies first mentioned reported a mem- 
bership of 135. At the end of the year, the whole number of auxil- 
iaries was fourteen societies and two bands. When we closed our 
semi-decade, we numbered fifteen Women's societies, in as many 
churches, three Young People's societies and seven Children's bands. 
In the meanwhile we had lost two auxiliaries, Greenfield Second, by 
the disbandment of that church, and New Plymouth, by its transfer 
to Athens Presbytery. In several of our smaller churches auxiliar- 
ies had had a brief existence, but the remaining societies had passed 
their probationary stage, and were on a fair basis of permanency and 
steady work- 

The last semi-decade has been the continuous heat and glow of 
a mass, not yet indeed at white heat but thoroughly ignited. ■ At its 
beginning we were ready to pay traveling expenses and the usual 
allowance for outfit of our missionary to Bogota, Miss Maggie Ram- 
sey. A special call for an organ, for her, was answered with $100, 
while, from the auxiliaries, came spontaneous personal gifts, money 
to buy a gold watch, and many articles, useful and ornamental, of 
considerable money value. During this period the minimum of our 
foreign contributions was fixed at $600. The distinctive work of the 
second five years was to bring our Home work to a similar standard 
of efficiency with the Foreign, and in the tenth year, the total for 
Home Missions, including the Decennial thank offering, was $1222.77. 
Through our contributions the past ten years, and our gifts to our 
missionary visitors, at our annual meetings and to our auxiliaries, we 
now hold stock, as a Presbyterial, in every field occupied by our 
Presbyterian Board, while our box work has sent cheer into homes 
and schools in more than twenty States and Territories, from Massa- 
chusetts to Alaska, from Minnesota to Texas. 

Miss Grage afterwards wrote; At our Annual meeting, 
April, 1887, we took an advanced step and pledged $500 to the W. H. 
Ex. Committee; $450 to support entirely one teacher, at Box Elder, 
Utah, and $50 for the general fund; and a few months later, through 
the Presbyterial Ex. Committee, we pledged $100 toward the 
matron's salary at the Mary Allen Seminary, Crockett, Texas. This 
will give us a permanent minimum cash basis on which those, all 
along the line, can depend, in both departments of our Home work, 
as we have had in our Foreign work for some years. Two and a 
half years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Candor returned to this country. Dur- 
ing their sojourn here, we have been giving to the much neglected 
genaral fund. Nobly have our auxiliaries stood the test of no 



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special object. As the Candors are now on the way to their old 
home, Bogota, we shall resume the salary of Mrs, Candor and antic- 
ipate much pleasure and profit through the renewed companionship 
and correspondence. 

Our statistics of membership, auxiliaries and Young People's 
and Children's Bauds, missionary literature taken, etc., etc., have not 
varied materially for some years. There have been some changes in 
the Presbyterial officers. The first year of these two, Miss E. L . 
Grand Girard, long and widely known and loved as the Principal of 
the "Highland Institute," Hillsborough, became our President, and 
Mrs. George M. Ustick took Miss H. M. Findley's place as Vice Pres- 
ident The next year Miss Grand Girard declined a reaomination, 
and Mrs. Ustick was re-elected. Mrs. Jamison of Roxabell, was cho- 
sen a Vice President, while our faithful and popular Recording Secre- 
tary, Mrs. J . P. Robinson resigned, and Miss Anna M. Welsh, of 
Chillicothe, was elected to fill her place, the other officers being 
retained. Last year our Presbyterial requested the auxiliaries to 
make their January meeting a praise meeting, with thank offerings. 
The request was cordially complied with, by several of the auxiliar- 
ies, with both spiritual and financial benefit, and we trust the observ- 
ance will become general." 

The Society has had four presidents. Mrs. George Carpenter, two 
years; Mrs. H. W. Biggs, three years; Mrs. George M. Ustick five 
years; Miss Grand Girard, one year; succeeded by Mrs. George M. 
Ustick re-elected, and who is now serving her seventh year. The 
Recording Secretaries have been Mrs. H. W. Biggs, two years; Mrs. 
J. P. Robinson eight years; and the present Secretary, Miss Anna M. 
Welsh. Corresponding Secretaries: Miss Annis Ustick, two years; 
MissSallie Fullerton, (now Mrs. Carter of Versailles, Ky.,) six months; 
and Miss M. A. Gage, the present secretary, eight years. Treasurers: 
Mrs. Peter Platter, one year; Mrs. M. R. Bartlett, three years; Mrs. 
E, L. Ferris, six years. The vice presidents have been, at different 
times; Mrs. Aaron Seymour, of Bainbridge; Mrs. R. K. Campbell, 
of South Salem elected, but did not serve; Mrs. James May, of 
Kingston; Miss M. A. Gage, Roxabell; Mrs, W. J, JtfcSurely, of 
Hillsborough; Mrs. Geo. M. Ustick, at first of Bloomingburgh, 
then of Washington C. H. ; Mrs. A- B. Southward of Greenfield; 
Miss H. M. Findley, now Mrs. William Leslie of Roxabell; Mrs. 
H. Sill, Chillicothe; Mrs. H. W. Biggs, Chillicothe; Mrs. E. M, 
Carson, Chillicothe; Mrs. Elliott, Greenfield; Mrs. C. P. E. Rhul- 
man, Hamden; Mrs. Marshall Nelson; Mrs. Warren Taylor, Mrs. 
E. A. Steele, Mrs. Samuel Jamison of Roxabell ; Mrs. Peter Plat- 



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ter,Chillicothe ; Miss Mattie Collier, Greenfield; Mrs. V. Dill, Hills- 
borough; Mrs. Geo. Carpenter and Mrs Geo. Ustick. Mrs. H. W. 
Biggs and Miss Mary A. Gage have been on the executive com- 
mittee from the first. Five of the executive committee, which 
consists of all the officers of the Society, ha^e been called up higher; 
Miss Annie Ustick, Mrs. Mary Bartlett, Mrs. James May, Miss 
Emily Grand Girard and Miss Mattie Collier. 

The Society, from its organization, Sep. 8, 1875, to March 1, 
1888, has contributed to various missionary objects in cash and 
boxes of clothing, &c, sent out, 119,287.89. 

For all the above, I am indebted to the two ladies before 
named, Mrs. George M. Ustick and Miss Mary A. Gage. As both 
wrote concerning the same things, I had, reluctantly, to abridge 
somewhat and leave out here and there, which omissions I have 
not marked, and trust that I have not, in abridging, mutilated the 
the excellent papers that they so kindly furnished for my use. 

It will be seen that the Society has done nobly, as Presbyte- 
rian women always do that which they undertake. The ladies of 
the Presbyterial have reason tu congratulate themselves for what 
they have accomplished, and I know that, although unauthorized. I 
will be sustaioed in offering to them the congratulations of the 
Presbytery, for the hearty manner in which they have come up to the 
help of the Lord against the mighty. 



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A Short History of Salem Academy. 

This child of Salem church, and the adopted child of Chillicothe 
Presbytery, came into existence during the early days of the pastorate 
of the Rev, H. S. Fullerton, at South Salem, Ohio. This minister and 
people, had, for some time, felt the great necessity of better educa- 
tional advantages for the children of the church and community, and 
after much consultation and much prayer, a public meeting was 
called to consider the question : "Shall we endeavor to establish an 
Academy in this place?" The question was decided in the affirmative, 
and a building committee was immediately chosen. At once the 
work began, and the enthusiasm and activity were great. Money 
was given freely, and some, who had not money, contributed material 
and labor. A blessing seemed to rest upon the people in their 
undertaking, for, as has been said by one who shared in all the hopes 
and anxieties of that time, "Almost every stone in the building was 
laid with a prayer." 

That summer a building was erected, and, in the fall of 1842, 
the Academy was open d under the temporary charge of James S. 
Fullerton, afterwards a Presbyterian minister in Iowa, and John Hus- 
ton, now Presbyterian minister in Nebraska, and Miss Martha J. 
Fullerton, afterwards a missionary among the Indians. A large 
number of students came in during this first year, and the school 
was well organized. 

In the fall of 1843, John C. Thompson, of Lebanon. Ohio, a- 
graduate of Miami University, became Principal. His good manage- 
ment and thorough teaching commended him to all, and to all he 
was endeared by his kindness and nobility of character- He lies 
buried in the old cemetery at Greenfield, Ohio, under a monument 
erected by his pupils of Salem, Frankfort, and Greenfield schools- 

In the year 1844, the Rev. Joseph T. Irwin, graduated by Ohio 
University, became associated with Mr. Thompson, as teacher of 
languages, a position in which he faithfully labored for more than 
four years. He died in 1849, at his home in South Salem. 

After the resignation ol Mr. Thompson in 1848, the Rev. J. A. I. 
Lowes, a graduate of Miami University was chosen principal. His 
associate principals were the Rev, Robert W. Wilson, who died pas- 
tor at Bloomingburgh, O., and Mr. James Long, afterward principal 
of the Public Schools in Chillicothe, O., and now living in Washing- 
ton, D. 0. Though changes and trials occurred, still these y ears of 



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the Academy were prosperous and bright with promise. The home 
patronage increased, and its reputation spreading abroad brought 
many pupils from a distance. Another building was put up, two 
literary societies of the young men, and one among the young ladies, 
were in active operation, and a wholesome rivalry, stimulated all to 
excellence. In 1858, Prof. Lowes resigned, and the Rev. I. J. 
Cushman, took charge for one year. 

In the spring of 1859, the institution, by a vote of the stock- 
holders, was transferred to the care of the Presbytery of Chillicothe, 
since which time it has been managed by trustees appointed by that 
body. Mr. Lowes, having been re-elected, resumed the office of 
Principal in January, 1860, Soon began the war of the rebellion, 
and during all those bloody years on a hundred different battlefields, 
and in every state where the conflict raged, were Salem students, 
lighting, bleeding, starving, dying for their country. The school 
was of course reduced in numbers by the frequent calls for volun- 
teers, but continued doing good work . 

In 1870, Prof. Lowes was offered a professorship, in Miami 
University, and resigned the position he had so long and success- 
fully occupied. His place was supplied by the He v. Heber Gill, a 
graduate of Hanover College. About this time the increasing num- 
ber of High Schools, in our towns, and of preparatory departments, 
in our Colleges, began to affect the school by diminishing its pa- 
tronage from abroad, but Prof . Gill's thorough methods of instruc- 
tion and fine literary taste did much to keep up its former repu- 
tation. He left, after three years, to devote himself to the work 
of the gospel ministry . He was succeeded by Prof. T. J . Dague 
whose efforts and enthusiasm brought a large number into the 
school. 

In December, 1876, he removed to Chillicothe, and Mr. J. O. 
Caldwell took charge until other arrangements could be made. 
In Sep. 1877, the Rev. T. S. Huggart became principal, remaining 
in charge seven years. During this time a monthly course of 
lectures was inaugurated, to be delivered mostly by ministers of 
the Presbytery, and such other men of ability, in our neighboring 
towns, as would be interested in the Institution. These lectures 
have since been kept up with considerable regularity, and with 
interest and benefit to the school and community. In former days 
each of the three literary societies had its library, and some stan- 
dard volumes were common to all the school, but, in process of 
time, most of the books had been worn out or lost . 

In 1883, the Rev. R. G. Lewis, a former student of the Acad- 



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amy, now one of its trustees, whose benefactions to the school 
have been frequent and liberal, proposed to give one hundred dollars 
to be used as a library fund, on condition that others would raise 
an equal sum for the same purpose. The offer was accepted, the 
money raised, a room fitted up and a number of books purchased . 
These have been added to, from time to time, until quite a good 
library has been secured. 

In;1884, Prof. Huggart closed his energetic administration, and 
left to enter the work of the ministry, for which he had previously 
prepared at Princeton, N. J. His successoror was Prof. J- O. 
Caldwell, graduated by the University of Michigan. During his 
stay, the school increased in numbers. The course of study was 
revised so as to be better adapted to that of our Synodical Univer- 
sity at Wooster. 

The old philosophical apparatus, bought in the early days of 
the school, was resurrected from a state of disintegration and dust, 
carefully packed, and sent to the same firm in Cincinnati from 
which it had been purchased some forty years before. It was re- 
paired, but still needs many additions, to meet the requirements of 
modern science. Prof. Caldwell left in 1886 and is now Professor 
of Mathematics and Astronomy in Wilmington College. The pres- 
ent Principal, Prof. W. W. Findley, graduated by Monmouth Col- 
lege, 111., took charge in Sep. 1886, and the school seems to be 
prospering in his hands. Before the Academy was transferred to 
the Presbytery, the assistant teachers in the regular academic de- 
partment were Mr. J. R. Kingery, afterward a Presbyterian 
minister who died in the army, Miss Elvira McCune, afterward 
Mrs. Thomas Crothers, who died at Albany, Illinois; Miss Eliza 
D. Baird, now wife of the Rev. George W. Mechlin, D. D., Day- 
ton, Pa.; Miss Sarah Lowes afterward married to the Rev. Mr 
Irwin of Muncie Indiana; Mrs. Cynthia Lowes, who died at Oxford 
Ohio; Miss Joanna Lowes, now of Glendale, Ohio; Mr- Henry 
Morrow, a former student, now deceased and the Rev John Bar- 
rett, now the pastor of Pisgah church. After the school came un- 
der the care of Presbytery the assistants were Mrs. Dague, Mrs. 
Gill, Mrs. Huggart, Mrs. Caldwell, Miss C. E. Fullerton and Miss 
Mary Findley. 

It is unfortunate that of many years the records cannot be found, 
and therefore the whole number of students who have been at Salem 
Academy cannot be determined; but during its long existence hun- 
dreds have there sought instruction, and learned lessons helpful in 



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after life, many conferring honor upon the Academy, by the positions 
of importance and usefulness they have since occupied. Among the 
students who have attained special prominence may be mentioned, 
the Rev. Stephen M. Merrill, D. D. and L. L. D., Bishop of the ML 
E. Church, one of the early students of the Academy, a man whose 
name is held in honor in all the land. Later the Hon. Granville 
Barrere of Canton, Illinois, who ably represented his district in the 
Congress of the United States. Judge Alfred Yaple of Cincinnati, 
one of the ablest men at the bar, and who has recently published a 
very important work giving evidence of much legal learning, 
was for some years a student at the Academy, as was the Hon^ 
J. W. McDill, who has been Railroad Commissioner of the State 
of Iowa, and represented his district for two terms, in the Con- 
gress of the United States, and has also been United States senator 
from Iowa. The present popular and able Governor of our State, 
the Hon. J. B. Foraker, was a student at Salem Academy, and 
our present representative, in Congress, the Hon- J. J. Pugsley 
was also for some time a student there. 

The Missionaries who have gone forth from this school to for- 
eign lands deserve special mention. The Rev. Thomas McCague 
and Mrs. Matilda Lowes McCague, his wife, now of Omaha, were for 
some years connected with the mission of the U. P. Church at Cairo, 
Egypt. The Rev. S. L. Gillespie now a home missionary, in Utah, 
was for three years at the Gaboon Mission, West Africa. The Rev. 
J. N. Wright and his wife., Mrs. Letitia C. Wright, and Miss Mary 
Jewett, went as missionaries to Persia. The Rev. Milton Caldwell 
is at Bogota, South America, and the Rev- Wm. McClure labors in 
Siam. The Rev. John P. Williamson of Greenwood, Dakota, has 
given the labor of his life to successful misson work among the 
Dakota Indians. 

A host of teachers has been sent out over our own land and as 
Presidents of Colleges, and Principals and assistants in Public 
Schools and Mission schools, are advancing the cause of education 
and truth. Among those longest engaged in this occupation may be 
mentioned the Rev. J. F. Spence, D. D., President of Grant Memoi- 
ial University, Athens, Tennessee, and Prof- John M. Coyner, Ph. D., 
and Mrs Mary Wilson Coyner, his wife, who founded the Salt Lake 
Collegiate Institute in Utah. Mrs. Coyner was the first woman com- 
missioned by our Board of Home Missions; she did well her 
appointed work and at length departed from this world of sorrow and 
went to live with him in whose service here her life had been spent. 
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when she was a school girl and then, as in all her after life, she was a 
hopeful, diligent, consistent follower of the Lord Jesus. 

Of the large number of Gospel ministers, educated at Salem 
Academy, who as Home Missionaries, or pastors of the stronger 
churches have done or are now doing good work for the Master, 
many have been licensed by the Chillicothe Presbytery, and several 
are now well-known and honored members of that body. The fol- 
lowing is a list of those who were students at Salem and went into 
the*ministry. As this list is made up of those whose names can be 
recalled, by memory, it may not be complete, but is at least nearly so. 

The Rev. Stephen Merrill, D, D- and L. L. D„ Bishop in M. E. 
church; John McLain, who was formerly pastor of Presbyterian 
church at Tiffin, Ohio, but who died a number of years ago; Wm. W. 
Williams; James Bail, M. E. church; Henry Q, Graham, U. P. 
church; James Huston, dead; James J. Wilson, Bethel, Mo., H. R.; 
Samuel P. Sloane; Stephen K. Kane 3 M. E.; Banner Marks, M. E. ; 
John P. Williamson, Greenwood, Dakota; J. R. Kingery, died in 
army; John M. McClung, Junction City, Kansas; Thomas Hopkins, 
D, D„ Denver, Colorado; John M. McElroy, D. D., Ottumwa, Iowa; 
Thomas McCague, U. P.. Omaha, Nebraska; David Kingery, Garden 
City, Kansas; J. F. Spence, D. D., M. E., Athens, Tennessee; S- C. 
Kerr, Lyndon, Ohio; John P. A. Dickey, Washington C. H., O; John 
Waterman, Protestant Episcopal church in Missouri; Hugh S. 
Ustick, died, pastor of Hamilton Presbyterian church, Ohio; R, 0. 
Galbraith, Jr., D. D., Chillicothe, Ohio; Thomas Fullerton, D. D., 
Georgetown, D. C; S. D. Crothers, Greenfield, Ohio; James M. 
Adams, M. E. ; Isaac Mackay, M. E. ; Harvey Gray ; George H. Ful- 
lerton, D. D., Springfield, Ohio; Abram B. Lowes, Washington, Pa.; 
I. J. Cashman, Bethel, Cincinnati Presbytery, dead; David J. 
Strain, Virginia, Illinois; Norman Jones, Washington C. H., Ohio; 
Wm. Sayre, M. E. ; Wilder N. Middleton, M. E.; John Barrett, Lyn- 
don, Ohio; George T. Crissman, Hastings, Neb.; Samuel Crissman, 
Freeport, 111- ; Wm. Coleman, Garnet, Kansas; M. D. A. Steen, D. D., 
Wuodbridge, California; John L- Gage, La Crosse, Wis.; Henry B. 
Gage, Riverside, California; S. J. Todd; S. L. Gillespie, Box Elder* 
Utah; S. M. Irwin. Geneva, Kansas; Frank E. Miller, Patterson, New 
Jersey; Wm. Erviit, Chattanooga, Tenn.; John Ervin, Dayton, Ky. ; 
Thomas Gossard, Red Oak, Ohio; Andrew V. Stout, Olathe, Kansas; 
James R. Collier, Louisville, Ky. ; Horatio F. Olmstead, Mount Car- 
mel, Ind.; David R. Moore, Logan, Ohio; David E. Platter, Canton, 
Ohio; Milton Caldwell, Bogota, S, A. ; John N Wright, Salmas, Per- 
sia; J. K. Gibson, Hardin, Ohio; R. G. Lewis, Chillicothe, Ohio; 



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John Davis, M. E.; George Logan, United Brethren; William 
McClure, Bangkok, Siam; William M. Evans, Manchester, Iowa; 
Lewis Barr, M. E., and C, D. Greeley, Congregational church. 

The preceding has been kindly furnished to me by Miss C . E. 
Fullerton, but in several separate parts at different times, which I 
have tried to put together, so that, for any awkwardness in the join- 
ing, I am responsible, Miss Fullerton having given me permission 
to make such use as I thought best of what she wrote. 

At a meeting of the Directors, June 20th, 1889, the President 
officially informed the Board that Prof. Willis W. Findley had, in 
proper time, according to the terms of the contract, offered his resig- 
nation, and given notice of his desire to have said contract terminated 
at the close of the present school year. 

Whereupon the following action was taken: 

Resolved; 1st. That, whilst we vote with great reluctance, Mr. 
Findley's resignation be accepted, and our contract with him termi- 
nated, as he requests. ' 

Resolved; 2nd. That we regard it as a very kind and favorable 
Providence which brought the Professor amongst us, and cannot 
but be thankful for his efficient work and good influence, both as a 
teacher and as a man. 

Resolved; 3rd. That we extend to him our congratulations on 
his call to the high and noble missionary work, and wish him great 
success in his new field. 

Resolved; 4th. That these resolutions be read to the pnblic at 
the Commencement this afternoon and a certified copy of them be 
put in the hands of Professor Findley. 

At the same meeting Mr. F. C. Koons, A. B., of Hanover college? 
and highly recommended as a man of Christian character and cul- 
ture, was elected to take Mr. Findley's place as Principal- I trust 
that he will be eminently successful and that Mr. Findley, who goes 
to Bogota, South America, to establish a school under the care of 
the Board of Foreign Missions, may have upon him and his work 
the abundant blessing of God. , 



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List of Illustrations, 



R. C. Galbraith, Jr., D. D, Frontispiece 

Win. C. Anderson, D. D., 205 

Hugh Bell, 220 

H. W. Biggs, D, D., 242 

Session of Third Church, Chillicothe 258 

JudgeS. F, McCoy,. 266 

H W. Guthrie, 287 

Third Church Manse, Chillicothe, 306 

Third Church, Chillicothe, 310 

Concord Church Old 320 

Concord Church New, 322 

Concord Manse, 323 

First Church, Columbus, in 1814, 338 

Washington C. H. Church, ,. .338 

Miss Nelson, 391 



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Index. 

Abolitionist in Brown County, the first, 144 

Academy Salem, 220, 221, 222, 228, 269, 335 History of, 401 

Academy Blooniingburgh 254, 269 

Act and Testimony 127 

Action Sermon, 163 

Amite Presbytery, letter from, 134 

Alton Observer, ... 138 

Anecdote of Tanner's Son, 13 

American and Foreign Christian Union, 219 

Appeal from Session of Rocky Spring, 102 

Ashmun Institute, , . >V6 

Assembly, refuse to send Commissioners, 142, 143, 163, 164, 

165, 166, 168. 

Assembly General, First, : 8 

Assessment on preachers for education, 77 

Aten Adrian's withdrawal,. 171 and 172 

Baptism of children neglected, 119 and 120 

Baptism Romish, 118 and 119 

Baptized youth, instruction of, H4 

Barks the 23 and 24 

Beecher Lyman's Sermon, 74 

Bible, destitute of, inquired for, 73 

Bible Society, 71, 74, 88 

Bible Societies, American and Scioto 89 

Books and tracts, distribution of 72 

Boy preaching, 18 

Business transferred, 30 

Boundary of Presbytery, 268 

Cabin raising, 7 

Campmeeting, at Cane Ridge, 12, 18; at Cabin Creek, 17; Concord, 

17; at Eagle Creek, 18; at Pleasant Point, 18; Indian Creek, 18; 

North Carolina, 20 

Camp-meetings, Origin of ,..10 

Candidates marrying, , 196 

Candidates, mode of examining, 325, 326 

Case of conscience, $10 167 



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Catechetical instruction generally attended to, , 81 

Catechists, manner of their appointment, etc., 41, 51 

Chairmen of Standing Committees, 339 

Change of hounds, — Dr. Woodrow's petition, 166 

Christian Commission, U. S., 244 

Church at home and abroad, Recommendation of , . . . 330 

Churches, manner of organization, 109 

Churches and preachers, 1799, 30; 1811, 68; 1821, 86; 1832, 118; 1839, 
150; 1850, 188; 1860, 225; 1871, 268. 

Clerk, Treasurer, etc., elected for term of years,. 298 

College Oxford Female, Resolutions Recommending,. . . . . .219, 115 

College Synodical, Expediency of establishing 203 

Colonization Society, Assembly's approval of, 222 

Colored Schools, Reports of Committee on, 126 

Columbus Presbytery, letter from, Concerning Slavery, 133 

Commission and instruction to Home Missionaries, 126 

Commissioners to General Assembly, 138 

Commissions of Members of Gen'l Assembly, nomination of, ... . 190 

Committee appointed to visit Ripley Presbytery, 245 

Committee on traveling ministers preaching in our bounds, 98 

Committee that made the famous deliverance on slavery in 1818, ... 1 46 

Congregational bodies, Correspondence with; 214 

Contributions to Missionary and Presbyterial fund, 60, 67, 69 

Correspondence with N. S.. U. P., and F. C, of Ii eland, 231 

Country, state of, Resolutions concerning, etc., 228, 231, 233, 246 

Crusade, women's temperance, Action in reference to, 283 

Cnmberlnnd Presbyterians, origin of, 9, 65 

Churches , manner of organization, Presbytery, 109 

Churches and preaching places mentioned at 1st meeting, 30. 31 

Churches urged to pay their pastors 250 

Churches and preachers, SO, 68, 86. 118. 150, 188, 225, 269, 301 

CHURCHES AND PEE ACHING PLACES. 

Alexandria, petitioned for supplies, 65 

Allen's Mr., on Whitewater 66 

Augusta, Kentucky, asks for half of Findley's time, 49 

Bainbridge, 75, 115, 125, 141, 165, 190, 196, 199, 209, 210, 212, 299, 
307, 308, 314, 317 

Baptist Meeting House, Washington, Kentucky, 31 

Bath, to be known on Minutes as Bath congregation 61 

Belfast, Highland County, 240, 247, 250, 294, 298, 299, 335, 336 

Bell's run, a French settlement, 181 

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Bethany, on heads of Turtle Creek ami Little Miami 48 

Bethel, Hamilton township, Warren county 70 

Bethel, near Wilmington, Clinton county, 156, 160, 168 

Bethel, in the Lyle neighborhood 280, 21)4, 298. 299. 335, 336 

Beulah asks for supplies, 51, 55, 61 

Big Bottom, on the Scioto river, 65 

Big Indian, name changed to Smyrna, 48, 49, 63 

Bloomingburgh, 79, 80, 95, 96, 97, 98, 118, 197, 249, 255, 260, 261, 269, 
280, 296, 298, 316, 318, 335, 336. 

Bloomington, Clinton county, 256 

Blue Ball, formerly Dick's Creek, Butler county, 50 

Bogota, South America, Mission station, 329 

Bourneville, Ross county, 123, 308,314,317 

Bracken, Kentucky, 35, 40, 49 

Brush Creek, Adams county, 51, 79, 132, 182, 186, 242, 247 

Brush Creek township, Adams county, 189, 190 

Buck Creek, Champaign county, 51 

Buckhanon, Pike county, 291 

Backhanon's on Indian Creek, 48 

Buckhanon Mr. house, Presbvtery met at, 1804, .51 

Buckskin, name of church chang'ed to Salem 32, 48, 61, 77 

Cabin Creek, Mason County, Ky., 15, 17, 32, 36, 56, 70, 79 

Caneridge, near Paris, Boubon county, Ky., 12, 17, 19, 39 

Cedarville, Green county, 123 

Chillicothe First, 32, 46, 53, 69, 98, 116, 119, 121, 136. 137, 

181, 182, 184, 200, 202, 204, 208, 230, 231, 233, 242, 337. 

Chillicothe German, . . .249 

Chillicothe Second, became a New School church, 119, 151 

Chillicothe Third, formerly Associate R'f'd.,. . . .257, 284, 295, 302, 307 
Cincinnati, Settlement of, 5, C'h. organized, 41, .• . . . .32, 52, 59, 61, 66 

Circleville, presents a call to the Rev. H. S. Fullerton, 136 

Clark's Prairie, where Greenland C'h was established, 123, 124 

Clear Creek, near Lebanon, Warren county, 31 

Clear Creek, first location of the Hillsborough Church, 58 

Clinton, probably intended for Clinton county,. 112, 113 

Clinton county 252. 256, 260 

Columbus, church first established at Franklinton, 83 

Concord, 53, 61, 68, 79, 109, 118, 240, 274, 281, 287, 307, 320, 321 

Concord, Kentucky, general campmeeting at, 17, 39 

Cynthiana, 170, 196, 213, 214, 215, 220, 222, 223, 260, 269, 316 

Darby Creek , Supplies appointed to, 66 



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Dayton, Kemper appointed to supply one Sabbath,, etc. .49, 52, 56, 66 

Davidson John's House, Reuben White installed .at, 78 

Dearborn, Indiana Territory 65 

Deer Creek, Supplies appointed to 66 

Deerfield, Warren County, (South Lebanon, P. O.,) 66 

Denny's Station, On Mad river 32 

Dick's Creek, now Blue Ball, in Dayton Presbytery, 32, 50 

Dry Fork of Whitewater, a preaching place in 1806,., 55 

Duck Creek, now Pleasant Ridge near Cincinnati, 41,49, 65 

Dunkeld'8 School-house, a preaching place in 1833, 123 

Eagle Creek Congregation, petitions for preaching, 136 

Eagle Creek in Adam's county, near West Union 18, 30. 49, 56 

Eagle Creek in Brown county, (Russelvilie,) 77, 79, 107. 108, 129 

Eagle Creek, Presbytery at; 1801 should follow Oct. 6-8 on page 49. 

Ebenezer, name changed to Bainbridge, 79,97, 125 

Ebenezerm Brown county, taken under care of Presb'y., .... 114,115 

Ebenezer New, formerly Ebenezer in Brown, 119 

Eckmansville, 188, 189,190, 197,198, 199,202, 204, 213,214, 

216, 223, 231, 240, 241, 247. 

Fall Creek, Highland co., received from the U. P. C'h, 261, 269 

Fail-field, asks for supplies, 48 

Fayette county, Inhabitants of, petition for supplies, 69, 70 

Fish Lake, request the adminstration of the Lord's Supper, 69 

Flemingsburgh, Fleming county, Kentucky, 15, 42, 48 

Forks of Mad river, Kemper appointed to supply, 49 

Frankfort, at first Free C'h then N. S.,157, 158, 268, 274, 307, 331, 337 

Franklin, Mr. Welsh appointed to supply,. 56 

Jsranklmton, afterwards First Church, Columbus,. . . : 48, 58, 83 

French Church,. 182, 208, 209, 219, 222, 223, 225, 260, 268,307, 

314,326 

French Settlement, in Highland county, 179, 181, 182 

Gallipolis. Dunlevy appointed to preach at one Sunday, 50 

Georgetown, in Brown county, 96, 112, 114, 132, 136 

G-ermantown, Mason county, Kentucky, 49, 56 

Greenfield First, ... .81. 82, 86, 93, 172, 177, 210, 214, 232, 233, 241, 288 

Greenfield Second, ,257, 271, 276, 277, 278, 297 

Greenland, 125, 135, 139, 165, 182, 198, 209, 215, 216, 231, 298, 

307. 314, 331. 



Hamden, Tinton. county, 



269, 282, 298, 314, 325 



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Hamilton. Butler county, Ohio, 32, 49 

Harmony, afterwards known as Treacle's Creek, 70, 76 

Hillsborough ' .76, 78, 80, 82, 96, 97, 99, 104, 124, 261 

Hockhocking and Walnut Creek, 62 

Hold's Creek settlement, congregation in, 30 

Houoy Creek, Wm. Robinson appointed to supply, 51, 55, 56 

Hopewell, in- Hamilton county, near Cincinnati, 31, 50, 65 

Hopewell on Brush Creek, 73 

Hop Ran, an Associate Ref d Church near Greenfield, O,,. .81, 92, 257 

Home's Mr. at Brush Creek, preaching place in 1799, 32 

Huntington, in Huntingdon tp,, Gallia co., 105, 112, 128, 135, 138 

Indian Creek, supplies appointed to, 66 

Indian Creek, Harrison county, Ky., 18, 51 

Indian Creek, Ross county, O., . .82 

Johnston's Fork, Meeting House, where the Presbytery first met,., .30 

Kingston, See Mount Pleasant. 

Kinnickinnick congregation asks for supplies, 54 

Lawrenceburgh, Mr. Baldridge app . to supp. one-half the time 66 

Lebanon, recog. as congregation and Mr. Steel made sup 54, 56 

Leesburgh, Highland county, 213, 214, 216, 231 

Lee's Creek, Mason county, Kentucky,. 31, 40 

Lemon, formerly Orangedale near Lebanon, Ohio,. 55, 56 

Liberty, asks for sup. and to be known as a congregation, 54 

Liberty Lower, Jas, Robertson accepts call for one-third of time ... 82 

Liberty North, asks for supplies as often as possible, 48 

Liberty Upper, now Milford Center, Union County, 82 

Locust of Licking, 48, 49 

Loudon, Rev. Samuel Baldridge made stated supply at, 77 

Mad river, forks of, Kemper appointed to supply one Sabbath, .... .49 
Manchester,. . . .48, 56, 70, 79, 105, 109, 124, 135, 136, 146, 160, 201, 216, 
221, 228, 246, 253. 

Marshall,. . . .191, 208, 213, 226, 228. 231, 240, 260, 269, 294, 298, 299, 
335, 336. 

Massieville, com. app. to organize c'h at and report of, 255. 260 

Memorial, first called West Scioto, 269, 302, 307, 313. 314, 317 

Mona, , 277. 307, 313, 317, 328 

Mount Leigh, .98, 121, 180, 182, 183, 188, 195, 197, 199, 200, 

202, 204, 213, 214, 216, 223, 226, 228, 230, 240, 241, 242, 246, 247. 



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Mount, Pleasant 49, 51, 56, 119, 120. 268, 269, 272, 279, 283, 285, 

307, 309, 314, 330. 

Mo wry town, White Oak church organized at, 180 

McA.rt.hur, Vinton co., formerly in Hocking Pby, 269, 282, 298, 330 

Nazareth, C'h moved and name c'h'd to Hillsborough, 58, 65, 76 

Neville, liobt. B. Dobbins appointed to supply for one year, 80 

New Holland, Pickaway county, 221, 222, 223, 249, v52 

Newhope, the name originally of First C'h of Chillicothe, . .45, 69 

New Market, . . .49, 58, 78, 97, 121, 123, 164, 178, 182, 188, 183, 195, 197, 
199, 230, 233, 242, 260, 294, 298, 335, 336. 

New Petersburg!), Highland county, 302, 307, 314, 317 

New Plymouth, now in the Presbytery of Athens, 268, 296 

New Providence, on Hill's Fork of Eagle Creek,.- 98 

New Purchase, at the head of Main Paint Creek, 59 

New Richmond and Susauna, pet. to be known as congregation,. . .82 
New. Versailles, petitioned for by members Williamsburgh C'h. . .105 

North Fork, 252, 253, 256, 277, 281, 287, 307, 314, 317, 329 

North Liberty, asks for supplies as often as possible 48 

Nottingham, a settlement on White Oak Creek, 70 

Oak Run, a settlement on the waters of Deer Creek 69 

Obanion Creek, 66 

Ohio Salt Works, on Ohio river opposite Sandy Spring, 69 

Orangedale, afterwards called Lemon, near Lebanon, 25, 31, 55 

Omega, name of church organized at Sharon ville, •. . . .296, 317 

Orr's Schoolhouse, a preaching place in 1833, 123 

Palace Hill in Brush Creek township, Scioto county,. . . .190, 245, 260 

Paddy's Run. asks for supplies, .54 

Paint Congregation, on Paint Creek, (Bainbridge.) 75 

Piketon,. . . .120, 141, 144, 161, 164, 185, 189, 190, 197, 204, 261, 291, 
296, 304, 314, 323, 327, 329. 

Pisgah, Ross county, 63, 78, 110, 118, 208, 232, 233 

Pleasant Point, Ky., general camp meeting at, ,18 

Pollock Run, Hamilton county, near Cincinnati, . 50 

Red Oak, . .31, 48. 55, 63, 172, 178, 182, 191, 197, 200. 208. 209, 246. 254 

Red river, the starting point of the great revival , 9 

Reesville, a preaching place in Clinton county,- 256. 260 

Ripley, originally part of Red Oak congregation,.. ... .77, 82, 103, 136 

Rocky Fork of Paint, and on Brush Creek, (Ebenezer.) 54, 79 

Rocky Spring 63. 80, 82, 96, 97, 103, 10P, 110, 114, 141, 165, 178, 

182, 195, 197, 208, 210220, ,22, 271. 
Runyen's Mr., the Rev, Wm. Robinson appointed to preach at, 51 



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Russelville, church originally called Eagle C'k 129, 164, 249. 253 

Salem, (Buckskin,) 77, 79. 114, 140, 233, 240, 244, 272 

Salisbury Samuel's house, the Rev. Jas. Gilliland installed at, 56 

Salt Lick or C'k, on O. river opp. Moses Bpard neighborhood. 60 

Sandy Spring, now in the Pby of Portsmouth, 69, 97, 112, 121 

Sardinia, in the Presbytery of Portsmouth, 336 

Scioto Salt Works. R. B- Dobbins to supply one Sabbath, 51 

Seven Mile, Matthew Green Wallace supplied, 32, 51, 66 

Sewell's, preaching place on Todd's Fork, 66 

Sharon. (Original name of Wilmington Church,). . . . 96, 107, 125, 129 

Sharonville, church organized at, 296 

Sinking Spring 123, 126, 132, 187. 190, 213, 215, 240, 245. 326 

Skeles. Mr. Hayden to preach two days at 67 

Smyrna. Congregation originally called Big Indian. . . .63. 69, 71, 79 

Springfield, in Hamilton county, (Springdale) 25.. 30. 33 

Straight Creek, Georgetown, Brown county,.. . .50, 55, 63, 82,83, 103 
Sunfish, petitioned for supp. and to be known as congregation, ... .65 
Sycamore, Hamilton county, near Cincinnati, 49 

Todd's Fork, Mr. Robinson to preach on 66 

Treacle's Creek, originally called Harmony, 76. 82 

Turtle. Creek, a congregation near Lebanon,... 21, 49 

Tyger Creek, asks for supplies and to be taken under care, 65 

Union Ky., petitioned for supplies at first meeting 30.35, 48. 60 

Union. Ohio,. . . .49, 53, 69, 98. 11*27 121. 123. 125,136. 182, 195, 197, 252, 

253, 256, 277, 298, 313, 314. 317- 
Unity, at or near Felicity, Clermont county 119 

Wade's Settlement, a preaching place to be looked after, 123 

Wallsmith. Mr. Hayden appointed to preach two days at, 67 

Walnut C'k.. with Hockhocking pet. for one-fo'th Mr. Hoges time. .62 

Washington C . H., 71. 79. 80, 95, 129, 131, 180. 182, 183, 184 

190, 191, 249, 316, 322. 

Washington, Ky., after which the Pby was first named 30, 56 

Waverly 161, 197, 261. 304. 309, 314, 323, 327 

Wellston, in the Presbytery of Portsmouth, 316 

West Fork of Brush Creek, (the church of Mount Leigh,) 98 

West Liberty, a preaching place to be looked after 123 

West Scioto, name of C ; h afterward changed to Memorial, 260, 269 

West Union 56, 79. SO, 82, 105, 108, 188, 197, 199. 201, 216, 221 

White Oak 49. 7L 78, 121, 123, 141, 180, 182, 196, 199, 280, 335 336 



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Whitewater, 51, Mr- Baldridge tu supply half time, 66 

Wilkesville, 268, 271, 292, 298, 302, 303, 307, 3 '4. 317, 336 

Williainsburgh, ClerrnoDt county, 56, 63, 71, 80 

Wilmington,. . . .95, 125, 129, 131, 141, 168, 180, 182, 183, 195, 198, 200, 

210, 219, 244, 249, 254, 298, 30&, 329. 
Wilson's neighborhood on SnnriHh, S. M- Irwin a pp. to labor in, 245 

Winchester, 225, 226, V28, 230, 240, 242, 246 

Yankeytown, a preaching place to be looked after, 123 

Yellow Springs asked for supplies and to be cared for, 63 

Zaleski, church organized at and disbanded. 284, 302. 

Dancing as act of worship, 22; promiscuous, 98, 281 

Deacons; Can they assist in administration of Lord's supper?. . . . 125 

Denial of intention to separate from General Assembly, 167, 168 

Delegates to Assembly, refusal to app. 142, 143, 163, 164. 365, 166, 168 

Depository at Chillicothe, for books, tracts, etc.. 156, 157 

Discourses of condidates to be heard by Presbytery alone.. .132, 136 

Disorderly conduct at meetings in Great Revival, .14 

Division of books, tracts, etc., bought for Presbytery, 72 

Division of Presbytery and Synod; forming Miami Presbytery, etc. 
64, 67, 68, 73, 76 

Domestic Missions and Slavery, Resolution concerning,. ... . .169, 170 



Education of young man for ministry, assessment for 77 

Education of young men for the ministry, 92 s 228 

Elders who were present at first meeting, 30 

Elders and Deacons, ordination of, how performed, 163 

Elective affinity, resolution concerning, 122 

Exscinding Acts, resolution concerning, X3g 



Fasting, observance of day of recommended, 95, 229, 232 

Female cent societies, formation of in the Presbytery, 91, 92 

Finley J. B.'s account of experience in Great Revival in Ky., H 

First steamboat that went down the Ohio past Cincinnati 59 

Fraternal letter to Ripley Pby. and the answer received 156 

Foreign Missions, report of committee and resolutions adopted, .330 

Foreign Missionary Societies, H. B. C. F. M., etc 114 ? 115 

Freedmen, contributions to aid them recommended, 244 

Free Presbyterian church or America, 93^ jgg jgg 

Free Masons,.... 112, 198, 252, 288 

Frontier Settlements, supplies to, arranged for, 51 

Fugitive Slave Law, resolutions condemning, 192 



THE HISTORY OF THE 



General Assembly, the first meeting of, 8 

History of Presbytery, 3, 54, 58, 98, 330 

History of the Woman's Presbyterial Missionary Society, 389 

Hog driving on the Sabbath, 104 

Home Mission work in bounds of Presbytery, .... 51, 63, 121, 122, 123 

Incorporation of the Presbytery of Chillicothe 317, 327 

Intercourse with N. S M ministerial and christian, 163 

Jefferson College, an outgrowth of the great revival, 65 

JerkH, originating in the great revival, 11, 14, 23 

Kentucky in the early part of the century, 7, 8, 74 

Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery,. ; 20 

Laugh holy, a recognized part of public worship 14 

Leave to travel out of bounds, 102 

Liberty Hall enlarged into Washington Academy, 64 

Lord's Supper to be administered at each stated meeting, 290 

Louisiana Territory, purchase of by the United States, 7 

Maine Liquor Law, resolution approving and recommending,. . . .199 

Man from West Union greatly charged, 118 

Man living near the meeting-house, 75 

Marrying on the Sabbath day not expedient, 98 

Marrying young men before licensed, inexpedient, ..196 

Meeting of Ripley Presbytery N. S. and Chillicothe at same place 
and time, 251, 252 

Members who leave without dismission, 115 

Members original of the Washington Presbytery, 30 

Members of Ripley Presbytery dropped from the roll, 144 

Memorial from Red Oak on slavery, 163 

Miami Presbytery, the formation of, 31, 64, 68 

Miami University, date of its establishment, ..65 

Ministers not permitted to accept the office of Civil Magistrate, 170 

Minister's Home at South Salem,. 317 

Missionaries appointed in the bounds of the Presbytery, .63 

Missionary, contributions to, and Presbyterial funds, 60, 67, 69 

Missions Foreign, resolutions concerning, ....114, 122 

Missionary operations of Presbytery in its own bounds, 107, 121, 123 
Missionary Boards, local missionrry societies recommended,. 107, 108 
Name of Presbytery changed from Washington to Chillicothe, 86 



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Nebraska Bill, action in relation to, 200 

New Albany Theological Seni., its continuance recommended, .... 199 

New lights or Bible Christian church, origin of, 9, 20, 41 

New School, the manner in which it was regarded, 110, 122, 162, 165 

North West Seminary, resolutions concerning. 219, 222 

Number of communicants in Presbytery in 1813 and 1888,. . . .71, 338 

Odd-fellows, action of Presbytery concerning, 183, 186, 198, 202, 248 

Ohio, admission of into the Union, 5, 6 

Ohio University at Athens, date of establishment of, 65 

Ordaining candidates as evangelists, without advice of Synod, ... .71 

Order of meeting of Presbytery and names of officers present, .340 

Ordination of Elders and Deacons by the imposition of hands,. . .163 

Ordination sine titulo, former custom concerning, 58 

Ordinance of 1787, 5 

Organization of the Presbytery of Washington, 5, 30 

Organizing charches to be by act of the Presbytery, 109 

Oxford Female college, resolutions recommending, 219 

Paint Association for the education of young men for ministry, 92 

Pastor's salaries, how much the churches paid, 74 

Penitentiary, arrangement to supply convicts with preaching, 99, 122 

Permanent Clerk, a new office in the Presbytery, 298 

Petition of members of Hillsborough for separate church, 190 

Prayer meeting, Adam B. Gilliland's question concerning, 99 

Preaching to destitute churches by the pastors of the Presbjtery, 160 
Preachers and churches, in 1799, 30; 1811, 68: in 1821, 86; in 1832, 118; 

in 1839, 150; in 1850, 188; in 1860, 225; in 1871, 268; in 1880, 301 

Preachers and secular employment, 172 

Preachers must attend meetings of Presbytery. 62 

Presbyterial fund for purchasing or publishing religious tracts, etc., 

69, 70, 74, 99. 

Presbytery at Eagle Creek, Oct. 6-8, 1801, year omitted . . on page 49 

Presbytery of Chillicothe, constituted by the Synod of Ohio, . 86 

Presbytery of Columbus, formed by the Synod of Ohio, 86 

Presbytery of Marion, date of formation of, 84 

Presbytery meeting in private houses, 69 

Presbytery of Springfield, the New Light Presbytery, 20 

Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, information sent to, 162 

Presbytery of Washington, constituted by the Synod of Virginia, 30 

Protest of Adrian Aten and John Shepherd, 166, 167 

Public lands, Gen. Harrison's bill regulating the sale of, 6 



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THE HISTORY OF TFT! 



PREACHERS AND OTHER PERSONS MENTIONED. 

Adams Robert N., D. D., 256, 261, 269, 277, 296, 298, 304, 305 

Alderson Samuel B., Pastor of Wash. 0. H. church, 322 3^3, 329 

Alexander Dr 27 

Allen W. H., 108 

Aliston John R., an elder in the First church of Chillicothe 266 

Anderson D. C, an elder in the Frankfort church, 3 

Anderson John, suspended from the church for slave holding,. . . .137 
Anderson W. 0., D. D., President of Miami University, 202, 204, 208 

Andrews John. Editor of the first religious newspaper, 71, 87 

Aten Adrian. Pastor of the church of Red Oak 157, 172, 178 

Atherfcon Isaac] W., stated supply at Red Oak, 252, 253 

Baldridge Samuel, stated supply at Wash, and London.. . . .66, 73, 77 

Bangs Dr- Historian of the M. E. church, 9 

Baum Joseph, an elder in the Bournevilie church 308 

Barrett John, Pastor of Pisgah church, 230, 233. 239, 244, 266 

Bates Ephraim, commissioner to P'by from Chillicothe and Union, 53 

Bates Uzal, commissioner to P'by from Sycamore church, 42 

Bates Issachar, one of the Shaker missionaries 25 

Baxter George Dr., 27 

Beaman Gamaliel, first preacher to the church of Piketon, 115, 141 
Beard Moses, commissioner to P'by from Union church, Ky., 30, 60 

Beaucharap Win., 91 

Beecher George, Pastor of Second chinch, Chillicothe 151 

Beecher George B., slated supply at New Petersburgh, 302, 305, 307, 
314, 317 

Beecher Lyman, D. D., 74 

Bell Hugh, elder in First church, Chillicothe, 3, 220 

Belville J. L., Moderator of Synod, 165 

Betts Xenophon, Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Huron 132 

Biggs H. W D. D., Pastor of First C'h, Chillicothe, 3, 241, 242, 269 

Biggs Thos. J., Moderator of Synod, 168 

Blair Benjamin, commissioner to Presbytery from Pisgah, 78 

Blair Win. C, a young man educated by Presbytery, 77, 80 

Blythe James, D. D., 104 

BJvthe Samuel Davis, Pastor of Hillsborough church, 104, 122, 262 
Bone John, petitioned for examination of McNemar and Thompson, 37 

Bonner James T., an elder in Third church, Chillicothe, 259 

Boyd Archibald, elder from Cabin Creek,. 60 

Boyd Jdhn, stated supply at Straight Creek and White Oak, 71, 77 
Brainerd Eleazer, went with theN, S. at the division 112, 137 



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Brice A. B., D. D., pastor of Greenfield Second church, 276, 200 

Broughton Job . 198, 209, 210, 213, 214, 215, 221 

Brouillette Charles, 287, 288, 291, 292 

Brown J. \V T ., Presbytery refusedtfco take him on probation, 46 

Buchanan Mr., Presbytery met at the house of,. 51 

Bucknall James, supplied Mount Pleasant one year, 57 

Burgess Dyer, 109, 110, 119, 121, 136, 145, 146 

Burton Win., preached at Kingston and Piketon, 57, 157, 181, 164, 185 

Caldwell John Rev., M. D., , . .223, 230 

Caldwell Milton E., Foreign Missionary, 296, 298, 302, 329 

Campbell John Poage, first stated Clerk of Presbytery, 30, 42, 43 
Campbell R. K., D. D., pastor of the Salem church, 257, 272, 279, 298 

Carlisle Hugh, supplied the church at Piketon, 143 

Carpenter George, x)astor of Washington C. H. church, 57, 251, 298, 
316, 318, 325, 335 

Carr Nelson, a theological student under care of Presbytery,. . . .283 

Caron Diogenes, for a time a licentiate, 260, 290, 291 

Carson Irwin, pastor of First Chillicothe. 182, 184, 200, 202, 269, 289 

Carson John E., pastor at Red Oak, 254 

Chapin Addison M., pastor of Mount Pleasant church,3i8, 330, 331 

Chapin Dwight L., pastor of Mount Pleasant church, 309, 314 

Chase Benjamin, Stated Clerk of Amite Presbytery, 135 

Chavez Charles 287, 288, 290 

Chestnut Benjamin, an elder in West Scioto church, 260 

Chestnut Thomas M., pastor of Mount Pleasant church 57 

Chute Rev. Mr., preached to the convicts in the Penitentiary, 122 

Clapp Charles, of Union Village ]5 

Clark Halsey W., pastor of Bloomingburgh church .335. 336 

Ciaybaugh Jos, D. D,, pastor of A. R. Pres. church, Chillicothe, 257 

Cleland Dr., 14, 27 

Coe James, supplied West Union, SO, 81, 82 

Coffey Addison, pastor First church, Peoria, 111. 128, 129 

Coleman William, Grarnett, Kansas, 229. 230, 270 

Collier James R., pastor Walnut st. church. Louisville, Ky., 280, 286 
Cook Isaac, applied to be received as a candidate without a classical 
education, 63 

Cooley M, B,, a licentiate residing at McArthur, Ohio,. 337 

Cooper Edward, D. D., pastor of the C'h at Bloomingburgh, 248. 255 
Crawford James, one of the first Presbyterian ministers in Ky., 19 
Crissman George T., D. D„ pastor at Hastings, Nebraska,. . .229. 240 

Crissman Samuel M., licensed by Chillicothe Presbytery 232 

Cromwell John, a iicentiate for a time under care of P'by,. .178, 180 



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CroroweL Samuel, an older in the Wilmington church, ........ .225 

Crotherd Samuel, D. D., .81, 82, 93, 210. 211, 257, 263 

Orothurs S. D., D. D., 3, 223, 228, 23(^ 2.31, 240, 241, 269, 292, 298, 330 

Culter A. E., an elder in the First church, Chillicothe, 3 

Cutler William P ., of Marietta, Ohio, 145 

Curtis Drayton, Secretary of Scioto Bible Society, 88 

Cushman I. J., pastor of Bethel church, Cincincati P'by, 217, 225 

Dinforth Charles, dismissed to a Congregational Association, 159, 
182, 184, 190, 199 

Darlington Harvey A., an elder in the Winchester church, 226 



Darlington Joseph, an elder present at the first meeting, 30, 36, 51 
De Witt Brainerd T., preached to the Frankfort church, 158, 268, 277 
DeWitt Luke, came into P'by from the N. S. at Reunion, 268, 297 
Dickey James Henry, pastor of Concord, Pisgah and Salem, 66, 68, 

78, 98, 109, 114, 139, 146 
Dickey J. P. A., received from the M. E. church, . . .309, 310, 314, 325 

Dickey R. F., for a time a student under care of Presbytery, 279 

Dickey Wm, pastor at Bioomingburgh, 79, 80, 95, 96, 97, 98, 118, 217, 

219 

Dill Francis, petitioned for exam, of McNemar and Thompson, 37 

Dillon S. P., preached at New Plymouth, 296 

Dionne Leo, preaches to the French church at Mowrytown, 326 

Dobbins R. B , pastor of Concord and Buckskin, 51. 53, 61, 71, 79, 80 
Dolbear Benjamin, supplied church of Mt. Pheasant one winter, 57 
Dunham S. P., pastor at ^Bainbridge, 182, 191, 195, 198, 200, 209, 210, 

212, 299, 302, 307, 311, 312 
Dunlap James, 105, 120. 121, 123, 125, 136, 166, 182, 183, 188, 191, 195, 

197, 199, 200, 202, 204, 214, 215, 216 
Dunlevy John, went to the Shakers. 21, 26, 30, 31, 40, 56, 77 

Eastman Jacob W., pastor of Rocky Spring C'h 114, 141. 165, 196 

Eastman J. C„ pastor of Wash. C. H- C'h 121, 125, 129, 130, 131 

Eastman W. P.,. . . .182, 191, 195, 197, 215, 216. 240, 252, 260, 298, 307, 



' 327, 331, 334, 335. 

Eckley Peter, an elder in the church at Leesburgh 214 

Edmiston David, an elder in the Buckskin church, , 61 

Elder Samuel, an elder of church of Ebenezer in Brown, 114 

Elliott S. W., Ph. D., preaches to the Mount Pleasant C'h, ... 290, 297, 
298, 301, 335. 

Enderlin Richard, advanced money for the publication of this Hist., 3 

Entrekin Col. John, and elder in the Mount Pleasant C'h, 50 

Ervin J. N. pastor of church in Dayton, Ky 296, 298 



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Ervin Wm- A., preaches in Chattanooga, Tenn., 310, 311, 317 

Evans Richard, Esq., Presbytery held a session at his house, 69 

Evving Jas., pet. for examination of McNemar and Thompson, 37 

Ewing John, pet. for examination of McNemar and Thompson 37 

Fairfield Micaiah, a missionary in the bounds of the Pby., 76 

Fallis John, a candidate under care of Pby., 225 

Finch John, one of committee to organize Greenland C'h, 124 

Findley Samuel, D. D., pastor of the Concord C'h, 320, 321 

Findley Wm. T., D. D., pastor of the U. P. C'h Chillicothe, 257 

Finley John E ., the first Moderator of the Presbytery, 30, 34 

Finley J. B., Account of Great Revival, 11 

Finley R. W., (In last line of page, 46, read Feb. 1792.) 46 

Finley Gen. Samuel, an elder in the First C'h Chillicothe, 88 

Finley Samuel, D. D., on page 320 should be spelled Findley. 

Fletcher Thomas, an elder in the Wilkesville Church, 268 

Foote Henry, Stated Clerk of Pby. of Winchester, Virginia, 133 

Forbush John, pastor at Mount Leigh, 119, 121, 126, 150 

Ford Amos, an elder in the Second C'h Chillicothe, , . . . 150 

Frost B. B., who advanced money to secure the pub. of this Hist.,.. 3 
Fullerton Geo. H., D. D., pastor of Sec. C'h Springfield, O., . . 229, 232 

Fullerton H. S-, pastor of F'st Chillicothe, and Salem, 103, HI. 

119, 120, 121, 136, 141, 234, 237, 239. 

Fullerton Jas. S., preached to several C'hes in la, 160, 170, 175 

Fullerton Roberts., Foreign Missionary to India, 188, 189, 190 

Fullerton Thos., D. 226, 227, 228, 240 

Gage H. B., pastor of Arlington C'h, Riverside California, — — 270 

Gage John L„ preaches in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, 249, 25 L 

Gage Wm., pastor of Concord and PisgahC'hs, 115, 118, 202, 234, 236 
Gaibraith Robt C, Jr., D, D., . . .158, 209, 212, 231, 233,240, 266, 274, 
307, 330. 

Galbreath James G,, Stated CPk of the Pby., 298, 299, 335, 336 

Galbreath Wm. M., Honorably retired,. . . .303, 304, 314, 317, 327, 329 

Garrison Mahershallalhashbaz, 87 

Gass James H„ stated supply at Georgetown, 136 

Ghormley Hugh, one of the first elders of Greenfield, 81 

Ghormley Thos,, an elder in the Third C'h, Chillicothe,. . . .7, 257, 259 

Gibson J. R., pastor of the church in Frankfort, 158 

Gill Heber, Principal of Salem Academy and supplied Concord and 

North Fork, 274, 281, 287. 
Gillespie Joseph M., M. D., for a time a licentiate, under care of Pby. 

160, 178, 188, 191. 



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THE H18TOKY OF TH£ 



Gillespie Sam'I L., F. M fco Africa— H. M. in Utah, 273, 274 

Gillette Clark, stated supply at Waverly and Piketon, 295, 296 

Gilliiand Adam B., pastor of Hillsborough Church, 94, 97, 99, 100 

Gilliiand Jarnos, pastor of Red Oak Church, 53, 54, 56, 75, 144 

Giiiilaud W. W., and elder in Ripley Church, 144 

Gilmer Daniel, first pastor of Greenland church, 135 

Gowdy George E., pastor of Greenfield Second C'h, 292, 297 

Graham Richard, supplied Manchester Church, 159. 

Graham Wm., pastor of First C'h, Chihicothe, 98, 116, 120, 180 

Grand Girard Emilius, .... 178, 182, 191, 195, 197,208, 209,210,223, 

225, 260, 269, 277, 285, 307,308. 

Gray ./. H., supplied Greenland church a short time, 253 

Green Dr. Ashbei, of the Pby. of New Brunswick, 55, 58, 146 

Green Abraham, petitioned for Eagle Creek, congregation, 136 

Guthrie H. W., supplied Concord and First Chillicothe, 3, 2b7, 

288, 313, 314, 317, 325. 

Hall Robert J., pastor of the church at Georgetown,. . . .112, 114, 132, 
141, 255. 

Harper Joseph, the Rev , at New Petersburgb, Nov. 25, 1840, Wil- 
mington, was granted leave to employ Mr. Harper as supply for 
one year. 

Harris Edward, oue of committee to write church at Cincin., 52 

Harrison General, 6 

Hart John, an elder present at the iirst meeting, . . 30 

Hay don Daniel, pastor of Duck Creek and Hopewell C'hs, 65, 67 

Hazard Mr., of committee to write history of the church, .55, 58 

Heam D. W., elder of the Asso. Ref'd Church, Chillicothe, 90 

HerroD R. B., supp. W. Union and Manchester, .226, 227, 230, 244 

Mibben Samuel E., an eider in Hillsborough Church, 288 

Hibben Samuel Rev., pastor of Mt. Leigh, and Eckmansville, . . . .212, 
214, 2L6, 219, 220, 223. . 

Higley Hervey O., received from the Pby. of Newb'yport, 109 

Hill James, taught first S, S. in Chillicothe for colored children,. .91 

Hillman W, G., supplied First Chillicothe ,. . . .231, 233,240 

Hodge Mr,, preacher present at beginning of Great Revival, 9 

Hoge James, D. D., pastor of First Church Col,,. 55, 58, 78, 83, 93, 133 
Hoge S. D., pastor of Hillsborough and Rocky Spring C'hs,. . . .82, 6 

Holly day Robert H„ pastor of church in Findlay, O., 141 

Hollyday VV. C, preached and taught in Iowa, . . . .129, 305, 306, 327 
Hopewell M. C, advanced money for the publication of this history, 4 
Hopkins Jas, G., pastor at Wash. C. 11., . ..179,182, 183, 184,190 . 



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423 



Hopkins Thos. M., D. D., pastor Capitol Avenue O'h Denver, 203, 209 
Hoyt Cor. A., pastor of Wilmington and Bethel,. . . .147, 148, 160, 168 



Hoyt Milo, a member of the the C : h at South Salem, 148 

Huggarfc Thos. S., Principal of Salem Academy, 319,320, 322 

Hughes James, preached at Urbana, 76 

Hughey W. F., M. D„ received from the ML E. church, 282 



Huston James, pastor Sinking Spring and at Piketon,. .183, 187, 190, 
197, 199, 209. 

Huston John, stated supply in Nebraska, 160, 170, 178, 179 

Irwin Joseph T., pastor at Wilmington, . . .115, 125, 131, 141, 150, 105, 
182. 186. 

Irwin S. M., pastor of Geneva church, Kansas,. ..... 245, 249 

J ackson R- H.. Principal of B'oomingburgh Academy, 254. 269 

Jeffery Win., Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Ohio, 140 

Jewett Sylvanus, pastor of the Bainbridge Church 195, 196. 199 

Johnson Beuj. H.,Sr , left money to endow college in Hillsboro',. .203 

Johnson H. C, rector of the P. E. Church, Newark. O., 251 

Johnston J. B-, dismisbed to the Congregationalists, 280, 287, 294 

Johnson Wm., an elder present at the first, meeting, 30 

Jones James, peb. for examination of McNemar and Thompson,. . .37 

Jones John H., pastor at Bloomingburgh, 316, 318.335, 33(5 

Jones Norman, 229, 230, 256, 277, 304, 307, 314, 317, 329. 335 

Jones Wm., supplied Union Church, 76. 108 

Kendall Clark, pastor of Bloomingburgh C'h, 280, 282, 296. 304 

Kemper James, pastor Cincinnati, 30, 41, 60, 69, 105 

Kerr Samuel C W. O, Lyndon. Ohio, 210. 212, 219, 297, 314 

Keys Wm. Lyle. a licentiate of the Pby. for a short time. 103, 104 

Kingery John R., sup.W. Union and Eckmansville, . .190, 196,196, 198 

Kirker Thomas, member of Missionary committee 108 

Kirkpatrick Elijah, one of the first elders at Greenfield 81 

Knitfen Wm. O. received from the Presbytery of Richland. . .182, 185 
Krug Ferdinand Von., pastor of Bloomingburgh Church, . . . .298. 316 
Kuhns Elijah, supplied Wilmington Church, 244 

Lamme Wm., pet. for examination of McNemar and Thompson,. . .37 

LeaB. H., supplied New Market, Marshall and Bethel, 294 

Leadbetter Alexander, preached at Wilmington 213, 214,219, 289 

LeFevre Mr., declined to forsake the order of Odd Fellows, 248 

Lemmon J. P., a Cumberland Presbyterian minister 307 



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THE HISTORY OF THE 



Lewis Richard G., stated supply at Haniden and McArthur, 4, 

298, 299, 300, 317, 328. 

Livingston Win. S., stated supply atLeesburgh, 212, 214, 216, 223 

Loekhart Jesse, pastor of Eagle Creek Church, 107, 108 

Long Richard, an elder in the Second C'h Chillicothe, 150 

Lowes J. A. L, 164, 165, 178, 179, 180,214, 216, 221, 222, 230,266, 

269, 283, 286. 

Lyle John, an elder in the Bethel Church, 280 

Lyle Joseph, an elder in the Bethel Church, 280 

March J. H., among first S. S. teachers in Chillicothe, 4 . . . .90 

Marshall Matthan M., pastor of New Market, Bethel, Marshall and 

Belfast, 336 

Marshall Robert, prominent in the great Revival, 21, 39, 41 

Massie the Hon. D. M., advanced money to publish this history,. . . .4 

May Henry F., complained of Eckmansville session, 202 

Meacham John, one of the Shaker missionaries, 25 

Miller Joseph, director of Scioto Bible Society, 89 

Miller Moses, protests against action of Presbytery, 36 

Miller S- J., 179, 180, 182, 183, 191, 249,252, 254, 256,260, 331,332, 333 

Mills Samuel J., visit of to Kentucky, 74 

Monfoit David, supplied Wilmington Church,- 107 

Moore David Ross, pastor Presbyterian C'h, Logan, 0-, 280, 282 

Moore Win., D. D., History of Columbus Presbytery, 8 

Moss Samuel, paid for digging and walling a well, 136 

Muse Eben, pastor Mt. Leigh and Eckmansville, 241, 242, 247, 250 

McCabe John, pet. for examination of McNemar and Thomson, 37, 51 

McCague Joseph W., elder in the Third C'h Chillicothe, 258 

McClane Fergus, pet. for ex. of McNemar and Thompson, 37 

McClellan General, Pby. gratified with proclamation of, 229 

McClung Matthew, present at meeting at Mr. Buchanan's, 51 

McCollock Sampson, present at meeting at Mr. Buchanan's, 51 

McConnell John, one of committee to write to Cincinnati, 52 

McConnell James, elder in Concord Church, 157 

McCormick John Wright, pastor Greenland U'h,. . . .120, 139, 157, 165 

McCoy C. T., an elder in Waverly Church,- 309 

McCoy James, one of committee that organized Greenland C'h,. ..125 

McCoy John, preaches to the Faulkton Church, Dakota 329 

McCoy Samuel F., an elder in First C'h Chillicothe 266, 267 

McDonald D. K, Moderator of Synod, 163 

McDonald John, supplied Manchester, 123, 124 

McElroy John M., D. D., pastor of C'h in Ottumwa, Iowa, . . .203, 204 



486 



McFarland A-, supplied Mount Pleasant Church, 57 

McFarland John, pastor of Associate Ref'd C'h Chillicothe, . . .89, 257 

McGee John, M. E. preacher prominent in Great Revival, ». . .9 

MeGee Wm., prominent in Great Revival, 9 

McGread y , prominent in Great Revival, 9. Sermon of, 29 

McKee S. L„ supply at Frankfort 337 

McKinley George, pastor of church in Champaign, Illinois, 158 



McKinney Edward, received from Cincinnati Presbytery,. . .202, 214 
McKinney W. W., D. D., pastor of Mt. Pleasant church, 58, 268, 269, 
272, 273 

MeLandburgh Jno., member of Associate Reformed C'h, Chillicothe^ 89 
McLean John, stated supply at New Market and White Oak, 190, 191, 
195, 196, 197 

MacMaster E. D., D. D., professor in Seminary of the North West, 226 
Mc Murray Joseph, petitioned for Dr. Wilson for one year at Cincin- 
nati, 66 

McNemar Richard, went with the Shakers, 15, 21, 26, 30, 36, 38, 40, 56 
MoSurely W. J., 1). D., pastor of the church of Hillsborough,. . . .261 
Me. Williams T. S., associate pastor First church, Chillicothe, 337, 338 

Naylor Arthur R., pastor of Pisgah church 204, 208, 232, 23b 

Nebbergall Adam, advanced money to publish this history, 3 

Noble John, preached to the Wilkesville church, 295, 299 

Noble Seth, applied for admission to the Presbytery, 55 

Nourse J. M., stated supply at Hamden, 298 

Olmstead H. F., stated supply at Mount Carmel, Iod., 278, 279, 284 
Overman L. J., preaches at Montgomery, Cincinnati P'by, 312, 313 

Pierce John O., pastor Third Chillicothe and Frankfort, 295,302, 



307, 313, 314, 331 

Pinkerton Edward, a student under care of Presbytery, 335, 338 

Pitkin John, H. R., Mount Vernon, Ohio, 90, 94 

Pittinger Nich., pastor at Hillsborough , 65, 80, 81, 96, 97, 103, 110, 112 

Platter David E., pastor of church in Canton, Ohio, 279 

Platter Peter, advanced money to publish this history, 3, 258 

Poage Andrew W., 75, 80 

Poage George G., a licentiate dismissed to Miami P'by 115, 186 

Pomeroy Augustus, supplied Mount Pleasant church, 57, 111 

Prestley Wm. H., pastor of Third church, Chillicothe, 257, 258, 277, 
284, 285 

Preston Mr., commissioner to Presbytery from Springdale, 34 

Proctor John O,, called to the Piketon church, 291, 294 

54 



426 



THE HISTORY OF THE 



Provost Jos., pastor of French church, 278, 279, 297, 307, 314, 328, 329 
Purviance David, member of the Springfield New Light P'by,. . . .21 
Putz John A., stated supply German Pres. C'h, Chillicothe, 246, 249 
Rankin Adam, represented Transylvania P'by at 1st Assembly, 8, 9 
Rankin Alexander T,, dismissed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati. 99 

Rankin John, pastor at Ripley, 93, 95, 103, 136, 139, 144, 158 

Rankin Leroy, supplied the Frankfort church, 158 

Rankin Robert H., pastor at Huntington, 128, 138 

Ray Andrew, one of the first elders in Winchester church. 226 

Rea Francis, a foreign minister received on probation, 274, 276 

Reed Wm„ elder present at Dr. Hoge's ordination, 59 

Reeder Daniel, petitioned for examination of McNeinar and Thomp- 
son, 37 

Reeder Joseph, petitioned for Mr. Kemper at Duck Creek, 42 

Reeder Samuel, member of committee on catechists, . . . . 51 

Rennard Benjamin, elder in the Bourneville church, 308 

Rice David, one of the first preachers in Kentucky, 8, 27, 41, 42 

Rice N. S., D. D., professor in Seminary of the North West, 226 

Riggs Stephen R, D. D., L L. D., missionary to the Indians, 128, 129 

Robb Robert, an elder in Cabin Creek church, 51 

Robertson James, pastor of Treacle's creek, Upper and Lower Lib- 
erty, 82, 83, 93 

Robinson James, preached at Mount Pleasant and Union, 56, 57 

Robinson Win., received from West Lexington Presbytery 51 

Rogers Alonzo A., pastor at Fort Howard, Wis., and Caldwell, Kan- 



sas, 313. 314 

Rogers Wm, H., pastor at Manchester and Huntington, . . .135 136, 
144, 149. 

Roudiez Valentine, supplied French church, 219, 221, 222, 223 

Ross John, supplied Ripley and Straight Creek, -81, 82, 87 

Rutherford Francis, dismissed to the Pby of Madison 121 

Rutherford Robert, supply at White Oak, 121, 123 

Rutter Lindly C, pastor of Manchester Church 109, 111 

Sams Dr., Prin. of Hillsborough Academy, 212 

Sawyer Nathaniel, gaye notice of complaint to Synod, 119 

Seibert S. M., an elder of Waverly Church, 309 

Sharpless Samuel pastor at Bainbridge and Bourneville, 317, 318 

Shaw James, stated supply at White Oak, 140, 141 

Shepherd Isaac, ceased to study for the ministry, 105, 106 



Shoemaker Ann, the last member of Sinking Spring Church,. . . .326 
Small Andrew, pet. for examination of McNemar and Thompson, 37 



O.riiLLIOOTHE PRESBYTERY 



427 



Smith Alexander^ reported to the Presbytery of Tuscaloosa 162 

Smith Daniel, visited Kentucky in 1814 74 

Smith N. S., D. D , dismissed to Pby of Miami. 227, 230 

Smith S. D., pastor Mount Pleasant, 279, 283, 284, 285, 286 

Smith Wm. A., pas. Bainbridge and Bourneyille, 307, 308, 314 

Speer Wm., the Jirst pastor of First Chillicothe, 30, 45, 53 

Speer Wm., D. D., wrote on the Great Revival, 64 

Spetnagel Theodore, advanced money to publish this History. .'. . . .3 

Spillman Beojamin, examined and licensed, 94 

Sroff Sebastian, an elder present at the first meeting .30 

Stanton R. L., D. D„ pastor First C'b, Chillicothe, 208, 230, 247, 249 

St. Clair Gen. Arthur, Territorial Governor of Ohio, 6 

Stearns* Timothy, pastor of Mount Pleasant Church, 49, 57 

Steel Archibald, .31, 56, 58 

Steel James G., an elder in Bourneville Church, 308 

Steel John, an elder in North Fork Church, 252 

Steele John, pet. for examination of McNemar and Thompson, ... .37 

Steel Samuel, D. D., pastor of Hillsborough, 124, 201, 261, 264 

Steen M. D. A., D. D. supplies church at Woodbridge, Cal., . .253,260 

Stevenson T. M., supplied New Plymouth, 268, 293, 294 

Stewart Wilson, one of the first elders of Greenfield Church, 81 

Stone B. F., preached to Second Chillicothe, 151 

Stone Barton W., a leader of the New Lights, 21, 39 

Stout Andrew, stated supply, Olathe, Kansas City, 253, 254 

Strain Allen, an elder in New Petersburgh Church .302 

Strain Samuel, father of 22 children, 114 

Straus Julius, pastor of Wilmington church, 309, 329 

Taylor Henry W., pastor of Piketon, 189, 190, 191 

Taylor Isaac N., 137 

Taylor Park W., pastor of Scio C'h and Buchanan Chapel, 328 

Taylor Vinet, 294, 296 

Taylor Warren, 271, 274, 292. 296, 307, 308,325, 327 

Templeton Benjamin, a colored man licensed by Presbytery,. . . .110 

Thayer Charles, dismissed to Marion Presbytery, 160, 178 

Thomas Wm., an elder in Pisgah Church, 266 

Thompson James, an elder in the Third Chillicothe C'h, 258, 338 

Thompson John, Colporteur 292, 293 

Thompson John Rev., 20, 22. 33 38, 40, 41, 56 

Tibbballs J. C, taken under care of Presbytery, .... 137 

Tichenor Jonathan, pet. for examination McNemar and Thomson, 37 

Urmston N. M.,164, 1.90, 191, 196^ 199, 201, 212, 233, 242, 250, 318, 319 



428 



THE HISTOHY OF THE 



Ustick H. S., pastor of Church at Hamilton, O., 203, 212 

Vandeman Elias, pastor of Truro and Hamilton. Columbus Pby, . . 121 

Vandeman Henry, pastor of Delaware Church, 84 

Van Meter Judge John M., advanced money to publish History,. . . .4 
Vandyke J. P., pastor W- Union, . . 105, 108, 136, 189, 190, 197, 200, 201 

Vandyke Rev. Mr., of Winchester, 252 

Veith Herman, preached to the German people of Portsmouth,. . .249 
Vhoris Mr., asked for Dr. J. L. Wilson's reception, 60 

Wallace Matthew G., pastor at Cincinnati, 32, 56 

Waugh Wm., pet for examination of McNemar and Thompson,. . .37 

Weed Edward, missionary to colored people in Pby., . . . 181 

Welsh James, preached at Day ton, 52, 62 

Welsh J. McL., advanced money to publish this History, 3 

Welsh Mr., Cumberland Presbyterian preacher, 298, 302 

Welsimer David, a member of Greenfield church, , 252 

W T heeler Stephen, member of committee on catechints, 51 

White Reuben, pastor White Oaks and New Market,. . .78, 96, 98, 110 

Whittaker Jonathan, pet for ex. of McNemar and Thompson, 37 

Williams Nathaniel, pastor at New Market,. . . .158. 197, 199, 200, 230 
Williams Wm., pastor West Union and Manchester, 215, 216, 221, 228 
Williamson McKnight, . . 220, 222, 226, 228, 231, 240, 260, 269, 280, 281 

Williamson Thomas, M. D., Missionary to the Indians, 122, 125 

Williamson Wm., pastor at Manchester, 53, 56, 70, 79, 105 

Wilson Adam, 159, (This should be Aaron Wilson.) 

Wilson James J., dismissed to Pby. of Logansport, , .. t .200, 201 

Wilson John W„ pastor at Piketon and Waverly,. . .318, 323, 327, 328 
Wilson Joseph G., dismissed to the Pby of Salem, Ind.,. . . . .123, 139 
Wilson Joshua L., D. D., pastor of First C'h, Cincinnati, ... .60, 61, 66 

Wilson Nathaniel, advanced money to publish this History 3 

Wilson Peter, one of the original members of Pby, 30, 44 

Wilson Robert, pastor of Washington, Ky.,. 47, 56, 76 

Wilson Robt- G.. D, D.. pastor of First Chillicothe, 53, 69, 96, 156, 
193 to 195, 

Wilson Robert W., pastor at Bloomingburgh, 190, 197, 210, 248 

Wilson William, an elder in Rocky Spring Church 113 

Wise C. F., an elder in the New Petersburg!) Church, 302 

Wiseman John, pastor of First Greenfield, 212, 214, 241, 242 

Witherow D. B., an elder in Piketon Church, 197 

Woodrow Thomas, D. D 137, 139, 142, 181, 182 

Woods John, D. D., (received honorary degree from Miami Univer- 
sity, Jane, 1889,) 260, 261, 268, 280 



CHILLICOTHE PRESBfTERY. 



429 



Woods Sftinuel, pastor of Liberty, od Darby, 59, 61j 75 

Worley Malcham, the first Shaker coavert in TurtJe Creek church, 26 
Worrell Wm. B , received from the Presbytery of New Castle,. . . .110 

Wright John, of the Presbytery of Ohio, 59 

Wright John N., Foreign Missionary to Persia 296, 307, 335 

Young Alexander H., pastor of Salem church, 241, 244, 255, 256 

Young Robert, supplied North Fork and Union, 253 

Youngs Benjamin S., Shaker Missionary, .... .25 

Recorder Weekly, the first religious newspaper, . .87 

Records of Bloomingburgh church, committee on, 198 

Records of Greenfield church, extract from, 172 to 177 

Remonstrance against ordaining Hopkins at Washington C. H., . . 184 

Reports from Ripley and Straight Creek, 95 

Request to be excused from voting for delegates to the Assembly, 166 

Reunion, etc., 245, 249, 255, 256, 257, 260, 264, 266 

Revival Great, 8. Results of, 8 and 27, 28 and 64 

Ripley Presbytery, 147, 156 

Rocky Spring, appeal from session of, 102 

Rocky Spring deacons, answer to Memorial, 185 

Roll called on N. S„ or O- S., , , 142 

Roll, Synod of Kentucky at its first session, .52 

Rolls the, 23 

Sabbath marriages not expedient, 98 

Sabbath Schools, 89, 90, 290, 323, 324, 335 

Sabbath, traveling on,. Ill 

Sacrament at Walnut Hill, disorder at, 14 

Salaries of Preachers, 74 

Schismatics, a departure from the New Lights, 22 

Seminaries Theological, .64 

Seeking out young men for the ministry. 228 

Sermon Action, who should preach, 163 

Sermon McGready's, 29 

Sermons on Theology to be preached before the Presbytery, 95 

Session Books, to be reviewed at Spring meetings 64 

Set off from Presbytery, 76 

Settlement with pastors required, * 62, 102 

Shakers appear 25 

Slavery, 99, 103, 105, 107, 129, 130, 132, 135, 137, 146, 147, 151, 155, 
161, 168, 170, 172, 176, 177, 180, 181, 182, 214, 222. 226, 228, 231, 243 
Special sessions, formerly appointed, 85 



430 



THE H1STOBV OF THE 



Spirit rappings and Piketon church 198 

Standing rule to inquire about, preachers and churches 62 

Standing rule requiring a Stated meeting in July. 313 

Stated Clerk, Treasurer and Permanent Clerk 30, 45, 51, 52, 78, 

107, 122, 201, 230, 269, 298, 313, 327, 335 

Stated supplies, to be appointed, 193 

State of the country, 228, 231, 233, 246 

Statistics in 1812 71 

Strange resolutions from Red Oak, 177 

Students to put themselves under care of the Presbytery, .276 

Supplies and churches 60, 303 

Supplies appointed, . . 56, 66 

Supplies, route of in 1821, ....... .84 

Supplying vacancies, regulations concerning, 213 

Summary, 1810, etc., .67, 85, 117, 149, 187, 223, 267, 300, 339 

Sunday Schools, , 89, 90, 290, 323, 324, 335 

Sunday School libraries, .252 

Synod of Cincinnati, .... . . 105 

Synod of Kentucky, 52 

Synod of Ohio ....73 

Synod of Virginia, 30 

Synod, new applied for, 70, 71, Granted, 73, 74 

Synod, a delegated body, • • • • 317, 318 

Synodical college, . . . 203 

Synod's exceptions, and answer to, . . .151, 163, 165, 168, 324 

Systematic benevolence, . . . . .229 



Temperance, • 100, 283, 314, 316, 329. 331 

Temperance, standing committee on, 318 

Theological Seminary, 64 

Theological Seminary New, at Ciucinnati, . 18S 

Theological Seminary, New Alban\, 199 

Theological Seminaiy of the North West, -..-. 219,226 

Tokens, use of, . . 123 

Transylvania Presbytery, .... .8, 68 

Treasurer and Stated Clerk, 30, 45, 51, 52, 78, 107, 122, 201, 230, 269, 
298, 313, 327, 335 

Treeing the devil, -11 

Trial discourse?, heard by Presbytery alone. • 132, 136 

Trustees and Treasurer of congregations, duties of,-— .302 

- Turnpike, the first in the United States, ... . 7 

Union Village, near Lebanon, Ohio, • • • -V 26 



CHILLICOTUE IRESBYTERY. 431 

Vacancies, to pay supplies, 55, 60 

Wages, a condition of Laborers in 1800, . .33 

Washington Academy, enlarged from Liberty Hall, . 64 

Washington college, beginning of, 64 

Washington Education Society, . . 81 

Wayne's Treaty with the Indians at Greenville, 6 




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